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Originally Posted by Bluepete

I agree about dislike of football, I think it's a Brazilian waiting for the ball for a corner needs to take some brave pills, it's about 40 seconds into this vid;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ioyt2zzm530

which just says it all for me. What a bunch of namby pamby............grrrr, I can't even think of a word to describe my derision of them all.
Pete

Yes, that imfamous Brazillian captain. Jambo's right that most sportsfolk only have short shelf life, so only have a short time to make enough to see them good once they give up. But outside the main stream sports sportsmen don't get paid what they're worth. No one in Rugby get the same salary as most premier league footie players. Golfers how come they get paid so much. Not hard work, can't play in the snow or heavy rain?

Here's a hard day at the office. 5hrs in the saddle over some of the hardest cow poo covered roads you'll ever see

Its not called the Hell of the North for nowt



Footballers - nancy boys

I hope you gave him a ticket Pete. He's parked on a yellow line and also that road behind Kendals is so narrow that the car must have caused an obstruction

In my humble opinion, i love football, greatest game on the planet, but all sports stars get paid too much, but they only get paid what someone is prepared to pay them.
If any of us was in that position, we wouldnt turn it down would we?
We might be more responsible with the money but still accept it when offered.

Originally Posted by specialone

In my humble opinion, i love football, greatest game on the planet, but all sports stars get paid too much, but they only get paid what someone is prepared to pay them.
If any of us was in that position, we wouldnt turn it down would we?
We might be more responsible with the money but still accept it when offered.

Not wrong there. If someone wanted to pay me 100k a week to do what is nothing more than fancy cooking, i'd break their arm off with the enthusiastic handshake to seal the deal.

Then, of course, with my large wages, I'd buy them a new arm, with built-in gadgets and stuff

stuff is only worth what you'll pay for it. Apprently, back in olden times, spain had mined so much gold from the south american areas that the value of gold plummetted, forcing the then king of spain to declare himself bankrupt. Twice. Because people didnt need / wouldnt pay so much for a metal that was quite abundant and avaliable to them at that time. Value works both ways

Thing is, footballers used to get paid an okay wage, something that we would describe as acceptable (or some of us still too much for kicking a bag of air about) but you get the jist, players were paid less than they are now.

Players are paid so much now because that teams chairman/owner feels that player will be an asset to his/her club, and will pay the money to compete with others. Money has gone up and up over the years because it's all an auction really. It's nothing to do with the player how much he actually gets in his pocket, yes he may make demands of silly money, but it is down to the guy who draws up the contract and agrees to it.

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Its all simple really, supply and demand. Whilst football remains soooooo popular and fans are still paying silly amounts per game, TV rights are still high etc..... the wages will continue to rise.

At the end of the day, the clubs make good money, but then get into debt with massive wage bills and transfer fees. They have to pay the amounts they do as if the player is good enough, someone else will pay it. Its all a spiralling mess and just gets worse and worse. Personally, I think they should have some form of financial capping worldwide on wage budgets and transfer fees. But won't ever happen.