Actually thinking about it, this makes sense. If you're going to go to the media about nonpaying footballers and you name and shame them all straight off, I bet there's a certain proportion of footballers who would (a) initiate legal action or at least (b) simply refuse to pay on the basis of "well, if you're going to be like that about it". It could also have the effect of reducing the charity-giving potential of those individuals in the future ("I'm not pledging to charity again, look what happened last time! One honest mistake/cockup by the accountant and I'm getting booed off the pitch...") Whereas if you go to the media and get everyone feeling angry about the issue, and make it clear that while you're not naming and shaming, you *could*, oh so easily, and the media would lap it up as well... I reckon that would have a lot of people reaching for their chequebooks and calling their accountant to check it's been paid before the nice lady from the nursing fund with the list of names of non-payers changes her mind. The equivalent of selling insurance by telling people how very flammable their property looks and it would be a shame if anything happened to it.