2006-07-14 06:50:59 · 22 answers · asked by Helen L 1 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ English Football
Contrary to popular belief, they are not paid weekly. It's not like Beckham will go the Real Madrid President every Saturday morning, and collect 150 grand.
But their pay (especially in England) is based on the weekly pay system, so Becks actually earns around 450 grand a month. Salaries are paid monthly, quarterly and in some other lump sum.
That's why sometimes, you hear players groaning about not being paid in weeks or months, it's not actually that their clubs have defaulted payment several times, but in reality, missed the first pay deadline.
Now as to why they earn so much has alot to do with you and me, we are the ones who make the game popular by our continued support and our craving for more football.
The more fans want to see and pay for football, the more TV coverage, sponsorship etc and effectively, that means players will demand a larger slice of the pie.
We can't actually blame them for demanding higher wages but we can demand for more effort and pride in their work.
2006-07-14 07:10:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 1⤋
Because a football team is like a business, the person in charge of the business can pay whatever he likes to his workers, the workers being the footballers, and the owner being someone like Abramovich, or Alan Sugar.
A football team is not government controlled, we hope, if they were they would probably get just a bit more pay than firemen or policemen.
2006-07-14 12:32:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they're in the entertainment business
because nobody says "no" when they're offered that much wad
because people buy the stuff they advertise
because of economics
It doesn't have to be fair or logical. It just is. They're not stealing. I can get really pissed off about Lay and Skilling, or Abramovich, or Berlusconi. They took from others with no right to do so. But for footballers, in the main, the money is willingly given by us, the public. So be it.
2006-07-14 06:55:00 · answer #3 · answered by wild_eep 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When the premeirship was formed and the Rights were sold to Sky, to show 30 or so live games on TV, all the premiership clubs benefitted from that massive multi-million pound deal. This meant they could now afford to offer big wages to the best players in europe, to entice them to play in the premeiership. That was 1992, and the tv revenue, advertising revenue has kept on increasing ever since, and so have the wages!
2006-07-15 04:10:57 · answer #4 · answered by Rich L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Market forces. If people didn't turn up in their thousands to watch them and TV companies weren't willing to pay large fees for TV rights the money would not be there to pay them. If people suddenly started watching crown green bowls in the same numbers instead then Rio Ferdinand and his mates would be on the minimum wage.
2006-07-14 12:31:03 · answer #5 · answered by axely1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think about the revenue soccer generates from gate receipts to TV money etc. There's your answer. Simple Econ 101.
2006-07-14 06:54:35 · answer #6 · answered by fugutastic 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The market has risen so much they r like film stars now, household names. Theres so much to be earned from them, that they earn loads to ie beckham, ronaldinho, rooney....lower leagues isnt as glossy though.
2006-07-14 06:56:23 · answer #7 · answered by kevman 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because there are filthy rich people out there who can and are willing to pay soccer players a $hit load of money to play. e.g. Ibramovich (Chelsea)
2006-07-14 11:40:20 · answer #8 · answered by Sawyer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
coz the club has nowt beeter to spend the millions of pounds on so they waste it on wages. newcastle want to buy david beckham and pay him £120.000 a week.
2006-07-14 10:47:01 · answer #9 · answered by munchie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because lots of people pay to watch them play, and there aren't alot of people who can play at that level.
2006-07-14 06:53:27 · answer #10 · answered by desotobrave 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋