It is never too late to do the right thing, especially at a time like this. Bournemouth, Tottenham and Liverpool were rightly criticised for placing staff into furlough during the coronavirus pandemic and they received the appropriate applause for backtracking.
The Cherries announced their reversal on Tuesday night and on Wednesday, their manager Eddie Howe - the first Premier League boss to take a voluntary pay cut - welcomed 'the right decision' being made.
You have to wonder what these clubs expected, however, and what talks were made by the respective hierarchies to reach such a decision in the first place.