Skyrocketing player prices affect my marriage. (Transfer Issues)

Member Name: romybuzzer

Product:	Transfer Issues
Date:	17/09/01 (19 review reads)
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Advantages: Football is being killed by the wages of players

Disadvantages: See Opinion.

I have to say, Player prices in football have become ridiculous. My father used to tell of players in his day playing for fun and money was a secondary consideration.
Today football has become another corporate sponsored tool with which money comes first and the fans and players come second.
Right now, players are revolting over TV money.
Dont you think they get enough money as it is.
My husband, also a dooyoo member, likes to go and watch his team play. In order to keep up with the other teams, they have to spend heavily and sell their youngsters to keep the club afloat.
I do fee that fans are being forced into subsidising huge wage bills by increasing ticket prices and more expensive replica kits.
Add onto this the price of Sky Sports so he can watch the football and we are down some £500-£1,000 a year.
That money could be better used by putting it towards the house or other things that we need.
I dont begrudge him his football. Im not saying we cant afford it but im sure a lot of families cannot.
I blame the players wages for this. If we were not paying Veron, David Beckham, Van Nistleroy and the other Manchester players so much money, then more of us would be able to buy that new Sofa or save for our new car.

The wages are scanadlous as are the transfer figures.
How can anyone justify paying someone £50,000 a week to kick a football around the pitch for 90 minutes?
If you think about it, these people are being paid £600 a minute to rin around the pitch. £10 a second.
That is criminal.
Companies do not even make that much money.

I say bring the prices down and cap their wages.

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