Football players get paid astronomical amounts of money and have the audacity to complain of being tired do ..

Question

...you think if they had to play more games this would reduce the popularity of
(a)wanting to be a footballer
(b)watching football
(c)quality of football

BEFORE YOU ANSWER CONSIDER THIS
when i was younger i played everyday sometimes 3 or 4 matches,i would have played for free just to represent my team,my job now makes me work a minimum of 8 hours a day for a fraction of a footballers wages in one week.in america sportsmen and woman play on successive days sometimes 3 days in a row.

jarrajack..i should have included this at what stage does the kid who dreamed of playing for england become a money grabbing bastard who makes more in a year than all of his old school chums make in a lifetime and then complain about being tired. if you have kids do your job look after your family needs on your own if you have millions someone else does the menial tasks for you.when was the last time you complained about having to go to an awards ceremony ?

Answer 1

Yeah I think your right, footballers a paid way to much and then complain all the time seriously footballers are the most whinging of all sports people.
Take rugby players, not earning as much as footballers, could play twice in one week, taking huge hits all through the game and its apparent most of them play just for the love of the game, now footballers used to be like that they would take a hit get up and continue playing for the love of it, now its ten minutes rolling around and trying to get people booked, I don't know what happened but football has definitely lost its soul to the corporate devil

Answer 2

Money in itself is not ruining football. The real issue here is greed. Since the early 90s, top clubs have manouevered themselves into a position where all the cash stays at the top of the game. The result? Football is over as a sport. In the first year of The Premiership Norwich City finished third. Can you imagine that happeneing now? Champions League and TV revenue means the Big Four are now untouchable. The gap between Premiership and Football League is so gargantuan that the English league structure, the envy of the world, will be gone within the next 10 years. We'll be left with an elite 2 division mega buck league and a bunch of part-time non-league clubs. I've done a lot of research into this subject for my book [Prawns in the Game] and one thing is clear - football fans need to wake up and try and reclaim the game from the money men before it is too late. The question is: can anybody be bothered? Apathy reigns, football dies and the rich are looking pretty smug at the top end of The Premiership.

Answer 3

People would still want to become a footballer, but there are enough games on at the moment - more aren't needed - you can pretty much watch football every day.

The quality of football would suffer with more games - the top players would be rested more often, there'd be more injuries from overplaying, although the upside would be that reserve and youth players would getmore of a chance.

But basically the quality would suffer and remember that even if footballers are paid a lot it doesn't stop them feeling tired like the rest of us.

Answer 4

anyone can be tired, just because you get paid loads doesn't mean your immune to it. I believe in free market, and I reckon that in this instance its not the tired that bothers you but the money. If your so bothered about it then cancel any subscription you have to sky for football or other sports for that matter, don't do pay per view and go and watch your local leagues on a Saturday and Sunday. That will remove the money and logically the wages will have to come down, and most of the talented players will leave the UK for Europe. Most players in the premiership are paid proportionately to gate receipt and ability, and if they are sometimes tired then fine. If you don't like it don't give the clubs any money to pay them (either directly or indirectly)

Answer 5

Half-way decent footballers provide more entertainment than the current crop of pop stars. Why not pay for it. After all,. it is us, the punters, who pay in the end.
Here in Ireland we have two wonderful games that thrive on the basis of being totally amateur. Come over sometime and watch a hurling match.
I think football lost the plot decades ago.

Answer 6

They have enough games to play but no foot baller in the world should be getting more than 5 thousand a week.
I also feel that all the players in the team should be born and come from that city.
get rid of the foriengners

Answer 7

If they played more games, there would be more injuries, quicker retirements, player fatigue (which would lead to more boring games). When you play 1 - 2 a week and you train 4 - 5 times a week, fatigue is bound to set in. Its not as easy as you think.

Answer 8

they are on TOO much money. just for kicking a bloody ball about, in the news this week a footballer was banned from driving, he appealed saying its causing considerable hardship?, he earns 30 thousand a week (and the rest...) what hardship could that be, pay for a bloody taxi, or get a driver! more money than sense most of them

Answer 9

I think all the football should be pay per view. That way the programing on the regular channels is not screwed up for the rest of us!

Answer 10

the quality of football. cos all of them will bw tired,less goals will be scored.everyone will be cranky and teamwork goes down. they are paid huge amts as it is a career that has a short lifespan.