Aussie
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Im just saying they play a sport that they dreamed of playing for as a kid. When they get there through years of hard work they become obsessed with money.
Chips&CurrySauce said:If the players were only influenced by money then there would be alot more players playing in the UAE!
tbbosa said:Aussie and theguvnor your arguments are too simplistic , I can now confirm. Times have changed, you will have to accept that. If you don't change with change, you will be left behind, and you two are behind, try to catch up with the times. You are too old fashioned!!
Allyboy said:The sad thing is, if we do win trophies this year the same people who are slating the team now will probably bask in the magnificane of their success like they never had a go at them in the first place!
theguvnor said:I know footballers get paid that much, i know all sportsmen at the top level do, i know its the way of the world, and NO i wouldnt turn it down. BUT thats not my point. My point is still that sports people dont deserve this much money, that is my opinion, you cannot argue with that.
Maybe i am old school, my prime time was during the 80's so can you blame me. I no longer like footballers, infact, i hate them. They are all overpaid, overhyped, show off, whinging, whinning, flash, jack the lad spoilt brats. I know quite a few and they are all like this. They have totally lost their feet from the ground and are generally **** bags who do believe they are above the rest of us. IF you dont know any footballers personally or dont have any experiences with them then please dont argue with me on this.
Chips&CurrySauce said:Well Aussie, who does deserve to be paid £80,000 a week. Thats not the issue, does Tiger Woods deserve to be paid £1million pounds for winning a golf tournament. What players get paid reflects their quality and what market forces dictate he should be paid. As we all no Sol Cambell can leave at the end of the season and there will be a list of clubs happy to pay him £100,000 a week.
The fact is players wages are dictated by the amount of money in the game. At the moment, with massive revenues from television rights, shirt sponsorship etc, the clubs do have the finances to pay players these salaries. If we decided to have a £50,000 salary cap at Highbury, the likes of Henry, Patrick, will move on. Not only this, the super star players are responsible for the excellent viewing figures of premiership games, and of shirt sales, as a result they should be remunerated for this. The general public I'm afraid aren't particulalry bothered about watching lower league football, because they naturally want to watch the best and the glamour of the premiership.
Throughout the 70's and 80's players were also payed very well, as much as the clubs could afford, however there is so much more money in the game now, they obviously will be paid more to reflect this. Its all relative.
The fact is players wages are dictated by the amount of money in the game. At the moment, with massive revenues from television rights, shirt sponsorship etc, the clubs do have the finances to pay players these salaries.
You dont seem to grasp my whole point, im not saying they shouldnt be earning money, im saying they shouldnt be earning upwards of 50k a WEEK, when people in the world with much much harder jobs and much more important jobs are struggling to survive. These players are lucky to be getting this excessive amount, so i think when the regular fans who are paying them too get this much the fans then have a right to express their disapproval with the players performances. Its not about how many we have lost, its about the effort we are putting in, and just lately we look very laxidase on the pitch. And for 50k a week they should be running themselves into the ground, i know i would.Gvnor..if $50 million is being made because guys like to to stadiums and order games..don't you think a portion of that money should go to players?? Or do you think only the owner/shareholders of the club should get that money? I thin you are tackling the problem at the wrong area. The fact is football generates money like it never did before. And players do deserve a piece of that pie. I know I would. Its not about being deserving the $$ for running my socks off..but I believe I do contribute to that $50 being generated so i need my piece.