Soccer players are overpaid

mariano rivera

Soccer players are constantly being accused of being overpaid

They are employees of multi million euro generating companies and with the

(Robbie Keene seems to get this constantly)

Why are other professions not accused of this?

Say our own Westlife. Pretty much glorified karaoke singers.
Why are they not accused of this?

Formula one drivers. Huge, huge pay packets. No great outcry

If were being paid 5 milion pound a year, would you say to your employer that is too much?

Reality_Check1

of course they are but who cares

christmas2012

they are paid the value of a new sports car like a ferarri a week! :eek: its so wasteful when they could create more jobs/positions within the FAI

sink

Soccer players a paid what they're economic worth is. From an amoral perspective their economic worth is determined by the revenue they generate for their employer coupled with the fact that they're a unique commodity and very few people can do what they do.

Mushy

sink wrote: »

Soccer players a paid what they're economic worth is. Their economic worth is determined by the revenue they generate for their employer coupled with the fact that they're a unique commodity and very few people can do what they do.

And that they retire nearly 30 years earlier.

christmas2012

In fairness though if i was being paid 5 million a year i would not say its too much lol..(i know i know),but there are a lot of people who would do the same..

chin_grin

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Thatnastyboy

christmas2012 wrote: »

they are paid the value of a new sports car like a ferarri a week! :eek: its so wasteful when they could create more jobs/positions within the FAI

:eek:

Why/how would the English and european privately owned clubs create jobs within the fai??

Noone in the LOI gets paid anything close to what premiership and la liga players are paid!

Jimoslimos

Mushy wrote: »

And that they retire nearly 30 years earlier.

Indeed, and a short career that can be cut even shorter through injury.

Samich

Soccer is a private corporation really. It's not public taxes that pay it. I agree they're overpaid.

Lawrence1895

chin_grin wrote: »

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Followed by: Bag of rice fell over in China

BBDBB

Pope sh*ts in woods & bear has a balcony shocker

Zaph

Some soccer players are overpaid. However there are a hell of a lot more players in the lower divisions earning average enough money who'll have to work as a postman or van driver when they retire in their 30s than there are on €100k a week.

Thatnastyboy

Lars1916 wrote: »

Bag of rice fell over in China

19/07/2012

Never forget.

Seren_

The wages of some players are fcuking ridiculous. A small country could probably be comfortably ran on Manchester City's wage bill.

Turtyturd

chin_grin wrote: »

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And solid apparently....heard a bunch of it sunk the Titanic recently.

Bruthal

Turtyturd wrote: »

And solid apparently....heard a bunch of it sunk the Titanic recently.

You must of heard it wrong, it was 100 years ago.

Micky Dolenz

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