Thursday, October 12, 2006

Footballers ARE NOT overpaid

I've read lots of articles, blogs and forums saying footballers are overpaid. Few months ago, papers here were saying that Ballack can't afford to buy a house in London but the only thing is that he earns 130,000 pounds. Then a few weeks ago, there was an article by Tim Lovejoy on thelondonpaper about footballers not earning enough. I totally agree wif wad he wrote. Yes, Premiership footballers earn more than most of the people will in a year. They spent it all in the flashy life driving Bentleys or bling-blings. Ok fine. Its their money so they can spend on wadeva they wan. First of all, football is one of the most important thing in the world. It unites the world and somehow make us forget about our problem for at least 90 minutes. The players are the most important thing in football. Millions of people would watch the Premiership if not for them entertainers. Its not the chairman or the manager but Henry, Gerrard, Rooney etc that ppl are interested in. Because of wad they earn, they are treated unfairly. People are obsess with how much they earn. However, if we put their salaries in yearly bracket rather than weekly, it would not seem a lot. For Ballack's case, he earns roughly 7million pounds per annum. Well that's not a lot really. You will hear stories or article saying players should be playing when they're paid millions a year. Yeah they shud. But everything is too money-oriented. When actors or musicians earn millions they are respected and gained plaudits. But when a footballer who is also entertainer earn 5million a year, people would say they are overpaid. Let's compare sportspeople in America wif footballers, wad footballers earn arent a lot. Shaq earns a whopping 10.6million pounds last year (210,000pounds a week) in a sport which can be regarded as a minority sport. Not disrespect. Yes. Basketball is brilliant but it is still a minor sport. Carson Palmer (I haf no idea who they hell he is) a quarterback who plays for the Cincinnati Bengals got paid 16.3million pounds last season. Fucking hell dats 330,000pounds a week. And he plays for like 3 months a year Now, 130,000 pounds doesnt sound a lot innit. Alex Rodriguez got paid 213,000 pounds a week. Some premiership players aren't earning half of dat. Apart from that, the Premiership is the most watched football league world. They shud be earning more than that. The fact is that only a few players earn more than 100,000pounds a week. There are lik freaking 400 players in the Premiership. So for those who think dat footballers are overpaid, think again. They haf to live on wad they earn in a few years for the rest of their lives. Yeah, they shud be saving not buying cars or bling-blings. But if u're in their position earning 60,000pounds a week would u buy a Vauxhall (no disrespect) or a Bentley?

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