Former Swindon manager Lou Macari has criticised the lack of "hunger" in modern players and advocated more performance-related payments.
Macari was in charge at the County Ground from 1984 to 1989, guiding Town to promotions from the then Division Four to Division Two.
"This modern way of paying vast sums for actually doing nothing is wrong," Macari told BBC Points West.
"The lads I had here [at Swindon] worked hard and got the reward for it."
After Macari moved from Wiltshire to West Ham in 1989, Swindon were punished for making illegal payments to players.
A court case saw then-chairman Brian Hillier sentenced to six months in prison but Macari was exonerated of any wrong-doing.
"They were under-paid, they got extra money, which we all know about, for winning matches," continued Macari.
"I'm sure any board of directors would rather be going down that road rather than paying them big money for a signing a contract, paying them big money for actually doing nothing for the club.
"I didn't have that problem with the players I brought in.
"They wanted to come and play and if they were successful, they accepted hopefully they were going to get rewarded for it.
"During my time at Swindon, they didn't always get rewarded for it, until we tried to do something about it and give them extra money for beating teams.
"We had to reward them which got us into a little bit of trouble but that is the right way."
The 24-times capped Scottish international has fond memories of his time in Wiltshire.
"I had a great time. This was the first club that gave me a [managerial] opportunity, I didn't really know what lay ahead and it was a bit of a roller-coaster ride but I enjoyed every minute," said Macari.
"It was fantastic and I would probably have stayed here a lot longer, except people were starting to say I had no ambition to go to a bigger club.
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Macari says he is proud to have brought the likes of Fraser Digby, Colin Calderwood, Paul Bodin and Duncan Shearer to the County Ground, all of whom later played key roles when Town were promoted to the Premiership in 1992/93.
"It's on your CV when you leave that not only did [I] get a couple of promotions and just miss out on going to the biggest league but [I] brought in those players," added Macari.
"Without a doubt that gives you satisfaction but that would never have happened if the players had been a bit complacent, they would never have got to the great places they did and I would never have got out of them what I did, which I think I was quite remarkable."
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