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Money in Football
 Money in Football ... paid? Does it put an unnecessary pressure on fans? Let us know here. Newest Review: ... very decisive factor is that the actual work that they do is not highly laborious, it doesn't put them at major risks and it does not drastically help many other people, so why is the pay so high? For all of the above criteria: A highly laborious job like construction gets paid £30,000 per year A dangerous job like a fireman earns £27,000 per year A job that helps, like a surgeon gets paid ... more ... £50,000 per year
All are more important than a footballing profession and still footballers earn 2 - 3 times more PER WEEK than these jobs do PER YEAR.
As an extra note, it isn't sport in general that pays this highly, it is just football. An example o...more |
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Money in Football: Does it go deeper than kicking a ball for 90 minutes....? (991 words)
by mjw92 - written on 21.07.08 (Very useful, 31 readings)
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Are footballers overpaid? My immediate reaction to that question was: "of course they are, have you seen what they get a week?" However, after I had a thought to make sure I had considered the issue before I wrote I thought of other factors and it made me reconsider a little. ~~ Players are Overpaid ~~ The first and most obvious point to this side of the argument is that the average pay for a premiership footballer is £50,000 per WEEK. This is then accompanied by the rhetorical question: "And what have they doen to earn it?" Well most people would say they run around on a pitch for 90 minutes chasing a ball. ...
by DJAiniss - written on 05.04.08
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Yes ther are. I will be too!
Money in Football: Not a surprise (385 words)
by jodenton - written on 31.05.07 (Useful, 157 readings)
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Sad but not overly surprising. It doesn't really surprise me. The day football became a business it was the market that would decide. There seems little point in calls to regulate football or put a cap on wages (all arguements that have been put forward prior to todays announcement) as this would only put off players from coming to our 'green and pleasant land'! I also find it amusing when the media announces that wages have broken through the x barrier as this will surely always be the case whether they have risen out of proportion or not as wages usually rise with the cost of living anyway. There are no calls for doctors to have wage cuts although their ...
