IT APPEARS to me that the footballers' strike is not legal. Usually, anyone going on strike does so to improve their monetary status or their safety and working conditions -- never to improve the finances of their trade union.

The Broadcasting Agency pays money to the club, thus enabling it to pay exorbitant salaries to the few.

If a union wishes to increase its income, it is surely incumbent upon the members to pay a percentage of their income into the union coffer.

However, that would put Gordon Taylor's income in jeopardy due to the potential resignations from the players' union.

Less money going to the club directly means they have more difficulty in paying the players. More clubs will fold and more players would lose their income and jobs as a result.

The question is whether players are motivated through dedication to the game or monetary gain.

GORDON TAYLOR, Mayfield Road, Blackburn.