footballers?

Question

why oh why are footballers paid so much. My sister is a nurse and has been for years and am sure has saved many lives and comforted people in hours of need. I think its a statement of the world we live in when people who have mastered the art of booting a ball are treat better than those who try to make a difference

Answer 1

It's people's perceptions of what is important that raises their wages. Personally, I think it's obscene that some players earn £120,000 a week - but as they are constantly in the news their profile is high. A lot of people only care about nurses when it's their turn to need one. Sadly, nothing will change this - you can't STOP paying people these amounts if people are prepared to pay them. Personally I think it obscene that people are happy to pay £40 to watch a football match and the only time it would change is if people realised how expensive it is and stopped going. Rather like the housing market - another modern-day obscenity of our own creation.

I work for an NHS Trust heavily in debt, and I find it so sad that the our "heroes" such as Wayne Rooney can manage to get £700,000 into debt via gambling when we're struggling to make ends meet. It's just a different world - but only we can change it, if we really want to.

Answer 2

Yes it's very unfair, but it'll never change. The money in Football is extortionate, mainly because of the television rights. Sky,BBC & soon Satanta pay hundreds of millions to show football matches/Highlights. The players & their agents know this & they take advantage by demanding massive wages. Even the average Premiership player earns around £15,000 a week. Then you get superstar players like Ballack/ Beckham/ Ronaldinho earning £130,000 a week.
They're "entertainers". They have Movie Star lifestyles.
I do love football though. And if I were a premiership football player I would certainly take advantage of the money. I say good luck to them.
I do think nurses should be paid a better wage though!

Answer 3

I agree with squalalala. Why are pop stars and film stars also paid so much? Perhaps the powers that be assume that the average person's life is so depressing that talent and entertainment will make them forget their problems. The new opium for the masses? These international entertainers should be paid a fair share of the money they bring in; over-paying them only serves to make them arrogant or fat or lazy. At least a lot of the football superstars donate their money into helping youngsters and giving them access to the sport (don't know if this applies to the English players, who have proved they don't work hard enough anyway and are squandering their overpaid salaries in a disgusting way.) But certainly in S. America, Africa and Asia, a percentage of the superstar players are not so greedy and share their material success by nurturing young talent for the future.
Millions and millions of people watch the World Cup and for many, it is a replacement for a holiday they can't afford to take, or a complete high without resorting to drugs and alcohol. Everyone wants a break from the routine and a few weeks of euphoria. But when players fail to perform to expectations, salaries should be cut accordingly. As everyone seems to agree, football is a business, and salaries are cut for such reasons in every other business.
If Madonna did a live tour and couldn't produce her best, her fans would demand their money back (hopefully). The big names in rock, such as the Rolling Stones, know they also have to earn their money. It is time someone explained this to the footballers. Pay them what they deserve; put in a special clause in their contracts to have them support the needy causes or charities or follow Angelina Jolie's example - a certain percentage of total salary that won't sting them too much but will make a big difference to others. And let them fear that if they slip up too often and become too lazy, a lot of money will be deducted from their salaries as a penalty fee and that money will be invested in African football or Carribean football, or other countries where the sport is popular but money scarce. To be deprived of their assured high payments along with the additional threat that some day their money has opened up the door for new and talented and hopeful contenders who might end up eliminating them from qualifying in future would surely keep them all on their toes!
They might also be required to aid the NGOs and other charities working to fight so many problems in the world today and that could only make them all more popular! At the moment, promoting chocolates and cars etc. in television advertisements helps no-one but rich superpower companies and themselves. That also ought to be reconsidered and changed for a better goal.

Answer 4

I know footballers get paid an awful sum of money, but if you earned say 20 million a year fo your employer would you not want a decent share of that money? Gone are the days when everyone could watch football. It's just business now with no heart or soul.
The only solice your sister is she makes a huge differance to peoples lives everyday. You can't put a price on that.

Answer 5

The problem is that nowadays football is as much as a business as it is a sport. If a club thinks that attendances would be higher if a certain player is signed then they will sign them regardless of how unreallistic their wages demands may be in the real world.

Unfortunately the NHS is run by the government and not Roman Abramovich. Mabye if the hospitals were put into a league and run by football managers under the constant pressure of relegation but encouraged by lots of money and rewards for high attendances we would see high wages and transfer fees, but the second Tony Blair takes over at Preston North End I will shoot myself.

Answer 6

When David Beckham went to Madrid for 23 million they made it back in two weeks on shirt sales!If they paid a tenner for him they would have still made 23 mil and a bloke in a suit would have all the money! Football is a massive business and if the ballers did n't get the money an executive would get it. It is ridiculous but at least they are the ones the fans pay to watch and have there name on there back!
Some players struggle on only 5 grand a week(boo woo)

Answer 7

Yes, unfair but true. All we can really do is guard our hearts from envy and enrich our lives by the number of people we help. Keep it up! Riches are not only what is visible, it is what is in the heart that counts most! For all we know, these people who earns millions might be having trouble sleeping, or lonely, or full of other problems. Or they dont know God. That is a far bigger loss for them...

Answer 8

But it's the player who is in the center of our concern. So it is no wonder why they can earn a lot of money. May be you'er right but please think diffirent. Those player are enven better than the leaders, who only do harm to their country and still earn a lot. It's the matter of life and we sometimes must accept this.

Answer 9

Agree wholeheartedly with you. The footballers are Very Overpaid and very underworked! All the emergency services and armed forces personnel deserve more and less for our lousy footballers.

Answer 10

i agree it's a sad statement of the world we live in today
and they don't even do there job properly do they but if a nurse did not she would be fired