Singer Amy MacDonald has blasted Dunfermline Athletic for their decision to release 17 players as a result of the coronavirus crisis.
The uncertainty has led to a mass exodus from East End Park as a Pars statement remarked that the decision was made to "protect the future of the club".
But MacDonald laid into the club on Twitter for "pleading poverty" and letting the players go.
She proposed that Dunfermline could have extended players' deals on a short term basis and kept them on the government's furlough scheme.
MacDonald said: "You could have temporarily extended contracts and put all these guys on furlough and ensured that they had an income during this difficult time.
"Absolutely sick of clubs pleading poverty whilst pushing guys into unemployment with no jobs available for them right now. Poor."
Last week League One winners Raith Rovers pledged to try and pay out of contract players until July using the scheme while Dundee confirmed on Monday they have extended the deals of three players on the same basis.
The 'This Is The Life' singer continued: "The scheme as it is right now is due to run to August. After that the employer would have to contribute some of the wages. There’s nothing to stop them extending contracts on a month to month basis. At least giving these players time to try and find a job."
MacDonald's sentiments have previously been shared by husband and Ross County defender Richard Foster, another player whose contract expires in a matter of weeks.
Speaking to the BBC, he said on Thursday: "I appreciate clubs don't know what's happening. But if you extend the contracts and then furlough us, it gives everyone time for the dust to settle.
"Clubs are discarding players at the moment, leaving them out of contract and with no possible way of getting an income. Then in a couple of months, they will need to sign other players to fill their squads.
"It just seems to me a silly decision to let players - who are a known entity - go and then have to re-sign players that you might not know what you're going to get from them."
