Eight in ten West Ham supporters believe Karren Brady should give up her Sun football column as it is a conflict of interest. Results of a Claret and Hugh poll show almost 80% of those who voted believe she should ditch her tabloid football diary immediately.
Last year Supporters of around 70 English football clubs vowed to boycott The Sun over its coverage of the Hillsborough disaster. A motion passed unanimously by fans at the Football Supporters Federation (FSF) annual summit in 2017 called on supporters to urge their clubs and retailers in their local area to stop selling the paper.
The Hammers Vice Chairman is thought to receive up to £5,000 per column netting her up to £200,000 per year. She is thought to earn similar amounts for both her Chairmanship of Taveta which owns Phillip Green’s Arcadia retail business and her TV role as Sir Alan Sugar’s advisor on BBC Apprentice. The Baroness is paid £868,000 per annum for her role at West Ham.
Her own company called BKB Media Limited shows assets of over £2.6m while her role in the House of Lords requires her to register all directorships and paid employment
Karren Brady does exactly what she wants to do. She has already said she won’t give up the column.
If she gives up her column then I suppose Mark Noble and any future managers will have to give up their columns in the Evening Standard newspaper. David Gold will have to stop writing things on twitter. And Also, I guess, anyone involved with working with the club in any capacity eg. supporters advisory groups etc will have to give up writing articles on fan websites. Conflict of interests and all that.