“I was emotional, because I love this sport,” Cookson recounted.skippy said:Now reported that phat was collecting CHF450k each year , for the time he spent digging UCI into a hole !
Cookson is reported to be accepting CHF340k , as he attempts to create an environment where UCI will be respected !
Remember that is salary.sniper said:plus 1 to cookson for this move, especially for providing long overdue transparency, although he couldve won me over completely had he gone down to say 200k.
Obama is on 400USD. So McQuaid was earning more than the leader of the free world.Netserk said:lol. He is still getting paid more than the Danish prime minister...
Upon stepping down as Prime Minister Gordon Brown nobly took a pay cut for Cameron, with PM pay going from £194,000 to £150,000.Having set up his pre election pledge to cut ministerial salaries by 5% Cameron was then forced to take his own salary down to a humble £142,000.
If he got no pay as PM Cameron would still not be short of a bob or twothehog said:Obama is on 400USD. So McQuaid was earning more than the leader of the free world.
But Cookson is earning more the David Cameron. About 100k GBP more.
We all know president of cycling is much harder to do than running a entire country
Edit: I think income tax is around 20-25% in Switzerland. So he's doin' ok.
If Cookson gets to work and executes well, that money will be seen as a solid investment.skippy said:Now reported that phat was collecting CHF450k each year , for the time he spent digging UCI into a hole !
Cookson is reported to be accepting CHF340k , as he attempts to create an environment where UCI will be respected !
Seems to be a case of being GOOD , will be cheaper ?
http://www.uci.ch/Modules/ENews/ENewsDetails2011.asp?id=OTcwNg&MenuId=MTI2Mjc&LangId=1&BackLink=/templates/UCI/UCI7/layout.asp?MenuId=MTI2Mjc&LangId=1
Do you type with a glass of whisky in one hand?del1962 said:If he got no pay as PM Cameron would still not be short of a bob or two
Is that a reference to family and connections or corruption.del1962 said:If he got no pay as PM Cameron would still not be short of a bob or two
FamilyBriant_Gumble said:Is that a reference to family and connections or corruption.
It is an idiom, it means he would still have loadsamoneythehog said:Do you type with a glass of whisky in one hand?
You make literally no sense.