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You could make a point that to earn a decent wage as a footballer in the UK you have to be in the top 0.01% of footballers at all levels from when you leave school .
So its more like someone working in Tescos and buying a few lottery tickets every week to make a million ;) Anyway, who the hell pays to watch football ,other than someone who makes a living by watching the game ie scouts,managers etc |
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I'm a passing football fan, A Luton Town fan, but not a fanatic, haven't seen them for 10 years or so. Will watch England fanatically in the world cup though. Not really interested in the prem until the big games turn up. so don't pay for shirts or tickets or merchandise etc.
Don't know what the problem is - a free market. Plenty of golfers and tennis players get very well remunerated without ever winning anything/much. Whatabout cricketers in the IPL - pietersen got about a million dollars I think for 6 weeks work when he didn't really perform too well. OH and don't even get me started on boxing - some proper money for old rope goes on in that game. |
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Huck...these clubs are taking gambles and so are some others. Agreed more will end struggling soon.
Problem is if you don't offer a decent salary, none of the top players will go to the club. |
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Or they offer more money than they can afford and attract the best players and they go bust.
They're own fault imo. Not the fault of the footballers. Though I do find it strange why a top top player would leave for instance chelsea on 100k/week to go to Man city on say 150k/week. Sport is about glory and winning I would've thought, certainly when you have enough money for the rest of your life. |
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I don't know what the answer is but clearly clubs are spending way over what's coming in. Maybe a few going bust will bring in a reality check, as £40,000 a week journeymen have to take £10 or even £5,000 as clubs refuse to pay them what they were earning.
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Proabably not but fair play to them.
If your boss offered you a huge salary (way more than you know you're worth), would you turn it down? |
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It's the mugs who buy the shirts, pay the TV subs, buy
the season tickets and £4 hot dogs that keeps the system going. Silly people. |
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Didn't Ashley Cole leave a fantastic Arsenal side because the £50k wages they offered him was 'an insult'?
They are mercenaries and have no allegiance to their clubs. No amount of badge kissing will change that. |
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I'm just glad that my then girlfriend chucked me in the late '90's when she decided she was a lezzer. Paying everything on my own instead of half meant I couldn't afford to go every week. Gradually lost interest over the years and saved a fortune. Hurrah for unknowing lezzers!
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"Bring back Stan Bowles, he was great down at C0rals"
use to see him a lot at White City dog track. |