are all proffesional footballers overpaid and overated ?

Answer 1

Yes.

Answer 2

General speaking, if the employers are willing to pay that much to these players, I won't say it's overpaid. Overpaid or underpaid is relative. It's just we are looking at it from a different perspective and as most of us don't make that kind of money doing the hard work we are doing for a living, we would choose to say they are overpaid because it's hard to swallow... it's about the same for other sports and movie stars but it's all about demand and supply...

Say,

Millions of football fans pay the club in terms of gate admission, TV subscription, jersey etc.

Sponsorships pay the club for the millions of fans and football viewers...

The club get the money to pay for players' wage, transfer fee etc.

So, if the club thinks a player is overpaid, they may well try to get rid of him...

Talking about overrated, it's also relative... maybe a player fits in a team very nicely even though he's not actually that good, media
makes him good. One example is David Beckham. He's a ok player rated all the way up to the sky by the England media because

1. He's English while Eric Cantona, Roy Keane, Peter Schmicheal, Ryan Giggs are not.
2. He's marketable, he enjoys the life as a star rather than a footballer.
3. He played for a successful team at the time but obviuosly, he's not good enough tocarry a team by himself. The best he is a role player but the media needed something else and created one of the most overrated player in England football history.
4. Do we really need more....

Overrated players are made by the media and in a sense, it's actually their own fault...

Answer 3

Overpaid: Not more than any other job from capitalistic point of view.

They only get paid so much because the clubs think they can bring so much. They help sell tickets, jerseys, get more prize money, more TV money... If we think the players are overpaid, then we should stop buying jerseys, stop subscribing to live TV coverage or stop buying products from the companies who advertise during live TV coverage.

Of course some clubs evaluate some players wrong, but since the system is still going strong, overall football players are not overpaid.


Overrated, some.

Some of the things some of the players can do is simply amazing, they have real talent. This could bring tears to your eyes, remember the guy was just warming up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3phqrHj4ijM



Overpaid, morally Yes.

Well, paying someone who entertains so much more than say a teacher who can shape the minds of your children or a nurse who takes care of you or your relatives is strange isn't it? But then that's the system.

That's why I don't buy club paraphernalia in general.

Answer 4

not all professional players are overpaid, it is only the obscene money floating around the premiership that is too much. Players in the lower leagues, division 1 + 2 dont earn anywhere near those sums and although are reasonably well paid, are only on £500-750 a week, and remember their playing careers will only last between 12 + 17 years.

Answer 5

They are all overpaid and all but a few are over-rated.

The press should get out of the habit of quoting players wages in weekly terms and express them in annual salaries eg £20,000 per week = £1million a year approx.

People may then start to take notice of how much these people are milking from the mug punters who go to games, pay their sky subscriptions and buy all the merchandise out of mis-guided loyalty to their club.

Answer 6

Not really, if you look at a football club as business, the money they are paid is relative to the revenue they produce for the company (football club). Though of course some players may not actually be good enough for the wages they earn.

Also Chelsea doesnt really fit into this formula, as with Abramovich's billions they are able to operate at a loss, as he simply bankrolls any debt incurred.

Answer 7

Yes! They earn way more than doctors (who actually save people's lives) which is ridiculous. People who do a very difficult, demanding job (ie almost everyone) get paid only a fraction of what footballers earn. It's crazy for a person who plays a GAME for a living (yes folks, football is only a game, some of you seem to have forgotten) to earn millions a year, far more than the majority of workers who actually benefit society in some way.

Answer 8

Yes by a long way, Getting paid £5 Million a year or more for doing something you enjoy is crazy money. It is a short career being a player, but at the top level they are all millionaires and do need to worry about the future once they have hanged their boots up.

Answer 9

Overrated YES.
Overpaid NO.

Its market forces, if you pay someone £1 million a day for example, the club must reckon they will make more than that out of him.
Also matches generate millions in advertising revenue, its these players we want to watch so they are not overpaid.

Answer 10

Not all are just the top divisions Premiership and Championship. Its all gone crazy with some of the amounts the top players are played. To say they have a short career so they need to get the maximum they can doesn't justify £100k a week. The money goes to their head as well and you end up with players who think they are bigger than their club, their country and above the law.

Answer 11

Professional footballers, like most entertainers, have a short career lifespan. Some retire after a few seasons 'cos of injury while others 'cos of `old' age (30+). To be fair to them, they r paid more to compensate them for their retirement years. On the question of overrating, there may be some minor divergence but on the whole, they appear to be pretty OK.