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[AuburnWarrior]

I'm not saying they don't do anything.
What I'm saying is if one team did it and DID shout about it, then the media would cover it and the rest of the teams would have to follow suit to save face.

Think of the good work all their millions of pounds could do instead of being wasted on cars, clothes, houses, wags, helicopters etc.

That doesn't make sense. On the one hand you're agreeing, saying that you're not saying that they don't do anything for charity and then you finish your post by stating that they waste their money on cars, clothes, etc.

I guess this is rather futile because without asking each and every Premiership footballer what they do for charity and how much they donate we could go on for hours.

I'll give you some examples though:

Craig Bellamy

On 6 May 2008 plans were announced for the building of the Craig Bellamy Foundation for disadvantaged children in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Bellamy has visited the war-torn West African country and has reportedly been moved to invest £650,000 of his own money to help build a football academy to develop the country's young football talent

ROB GREEN West Ham goalkeeper and Independent columnist

Will attempt to scale Mount Kilimanjaro this summer to raise money for the African Medical Research Federation.

LUCAS RADEBE Former Leeds United and South Africa defender

Is an ambassador for the SOS Children's charity in South Africa.

NEIL HARRIS Millwall striker

Was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2001, and set up the Neil Harris Everyman Appeal to fight the disease.

GEOFF THOMAS Former Crystal Palace, Nottingham Forest, Wolves and England midfielder

Was diagnosed with leukaemia in 2003, after which he raised over £150,000 for Leukaemia Research by cycling the 2,200 miles of the 2005 Tour de France in 21 days. The Geoff Thomas Foundation raises funds for cancer treatment.

BOB WILSON Former Arsenal goalkeeper

Set up the Willow Foundation with his wife following the death of his daughter Anna from cancer in 1998, aiming to provide a better quality of life for seriously ill young adults.

ZINEDINE ZIDANE Former Juventus, Real Madrid and France midfielder

Helped to set up the annual Match against Poverty, which fundraises for the United Nations Development Programme.

I think you'd be very hard pressed to find anyone who earns >£100,000 a week who doesn't give up a great deal of their time/donate a large amount of money to charity.

 

[bobmac]

I said they do help as you say at fundraisers.
and your examples are brilliant.

Craig Bellamy spent £650,000 of his own money on a football academy in Africa

Rob green is climbing a big mountain raising money.
Lucas Radebe gives his time raising money for SOS Childrens charity.
Neil Harris set up an appeal to raise money to help cure cancer.
Geoff Thomas raised money by cycling a VERY long way
Bob Wilson set up a foundation.
Zidane helped set up a a fundraiser against poverty.

As you say, I'm sure most of the top players are involved in raising money for needy causes.

My original OP however did say that Mun Utd raised money for the Tsunami appeal from their supporters.
With the exception of Bellamy, the rest of your 6 examples, while are great causes are all raising money from others.

All I'm saying is there's a big difference between raising money for great causes as above and actually giving their own "hard earned" cash.

I'd just like to see not just individuals doing their bit but clubs as a whole getting stuck in to helping out the disadvantaged and at the same time earning a huge amount of respect for their club for doing so.

It's a win win as I see it.

The rich who dont need all their money giving some of it to those who need it badly.