Players were due to be balloted this week by the PFA over possible strike action which could prompt them to boycott televised games.
The PFA is fuming over the level of television revenues it has been allocated – despite a massive increase in the prices paid at the last round of negotiations between the Premier League and TV chiefs.
Said Gordon Taylor, chief executive of the PFA: “They say we don’t have a right to strike but I know what side you should get your money on. We’ll see them in court.”
A Premier League spokesman insists any strike action leading to a TV black-out would not be a legitimate trade dispute as player contracts rest with the clubs and not the Premier League.
Said a League spokesman: “We do not know of any other industry in which employers fund a trade union in this way. We have committed funding to the benefit of players and the PFA have an increased offer on the table.”
