BBC News reports:

Premiership footballers who agreed to donate a day’s wages to a nurses’ hardship fund have coughed up less than a third of the money, organisers say.

Five months ago, 255 players promised to make donations to the May Day for Nurses appeal.

Big names, including Steven Gerrard and Thierry Henry, agreed to participate. More than £750,000 was pledged but just £200,000 has so far been collected.

These guys get paid ridiculous amounts of money for kicking a ball around a pitch, and can’t be bothered to fulfil their promise to donate a single day’s wages to help out nurses who do a worthwhile job actually helping care for people?

(Via Random Acts of Reality)