Remember 1997? Here's a news clipping..

Professional foot-ballers were reeling last night after the Chancellor of the English Football Association raised the players commitment rates for the third time this year.
A rise of 50 percentage points means that all players must now give 250% effort each time they take the field.
The decision was taken to bring the FA into line with the Bundesleague, which raised its own rate last week. "We had little choice but to take this action," said David Davies, the only man left at the FA. "No one likes to raise comitemment rates but we must take these steps if we are to remain competetive in
Europe."
But many amateur clubs fear that this is beyond their players' means. "All our players hold down full-time jobs", said Phil Castiaux, secretary of Biyth Spartans. "They cannot possibly go to work during the week and then give 250% on a Saturday.
The levels should be capped for part time players, they cannot be expected to give much more than 170%."
Britain enjoyed a stable 100% rate throughout the seventies. But in 1982 it was raised to 101% by Trevor Francis during a controversial summing up on
Match of the Day. The eighties saw the rate creep up to 110%.
The highest ever commitment rates occured on Black
Saturday, when comments by Kevin Keegan sent rates spiralling. The part-time England
coach promised to give a thousand per cent in his new job, causing many clubs to panic and set their own comittment rates.
By the end of play that afternoon, the rates had reached an unsustainable 10,000%.
Officials at Lancaster Gate finally stepped in and restored sanity by anouncing a standard rate of 200%.
We called Keegan at Bisham Abbey training ground to see how his 1000% commitment to
the England job was going, but we were told he was probably at Fulham FC that day. "If he's not there, you might catch him at his racing stables in Hampshire, or
perhaps at home in Durham", the cleaning lady told us.

Ahh, at last!
Quotes from a more credible source than the Daily Telegraph!
Did you spill my pint....

Hopefully most Scots, Welsh, Irish & English (especially Geordies) will understand......

(Actually I don't understand your last comment)

Didn't you take my earth-shattering views on the state of the British economy? Did you not understand that those crippling rates will only be cured once we adopt the euro-league?


;-)

Our resident spelling and Latin expert (videlicit Tony) will be able to explain.....

Hey, my spellchek says I got every word right in this sentence.....