Think you'll find that most football clubs will be going down this route within the next few weeks. Norwich are the latest. We have no idea how long this is going to go on or when football will be able to start up again. With a predicted second and even third wave to come, it might even be two years or more before we can be sure that we have beaten this virus and crowds are allowed back in stadiums.
Many far bigger and wealthier companies than even the biggest football clubs will be turning to the furlough scheme. The alternative is mass unemployment on an unprecedented scale.