Jamie Walby
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I think yes.
Was playing Football Manager yesterday, and was offering Fabregas a contract. In the game he is 20 now, was on £15k a week, offered him £25k and he rejected it, saying he felt he was deserving of a better basic salary.
His move to Valencia went through very quickly 
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gianluigi
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look at alvero recoba, he plays for inter, he's a quality player, but nobody has expressed interest in him, because nobidy will pay his 200k p/w wages
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Lawrah
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yes.
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CCA
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yes
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barry_kellett99
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If you look at the amount a top actor gets paid for a film, then no. The top footballers entertain crowds of 60,000 or so per match, sometimes 3 times a week, plus all the millions who are entertained through the TV
There will always be complete codgers and dossers making a mint for doing nothing in every type of job, just the players like Laurent Robert (!!) etc are an exaggerated example
But in reality of course they are overpaid
Its fucking obscene that someone can earn in a week what it takes me 4 years to earn before tax.
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vibrio
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yes some people are paid too much like wise some people are paid too little
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Cosmo
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they have a skill you cannot learn, hence why they are paid so much. Plus with the popularity of it the money is there to pay them that!
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SteveW
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this is the reason i hate footballers..
they get paid TONNES or money, then ask for more money otherwise they wont stay at a club etc etc..
where as firemen, doctors, police etc get paid peanuts...
what do footballers actually do ?? other that kick a fucking ball around. 
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vibrio
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quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
they have a skill you cannot learn, hence why they are paid so much. Plus with the popularity of it the money is there to pay them that!
thats crap though. somepeople are more inteligent than others but yet don't get paid as much. being paid 50k a week to play football is sickening. I barely earned more than that over 4 years of working.
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Carl
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quote:
Originally posted by vibrio
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Originally posted by Cosmo
they have a skill you cannot learn, hence why they are paid so much. Plus with the popularity of it the money is there to pay them that!
thats crap though. somepeople are more inteligent than others but yet don't get paid as much. being paid 50k a week to play football is sickening. I barely earned more than that over 4 years of working.
I agree, being a footballer is not innate.
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leeshez
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Who said no?
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Brett
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quote:
Originally posted by leeshez
Who said no?
i am also interested who said this
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Edd
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yes,there should be a cap on wages not sure what that should be though
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Edd
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quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
they have a skill you cannot learn, hence why they are paid so much. Plus with the popularity of it the money is there to pay them that!
rubbish. yes some people are more naturally gifted than others,but you can be made a better footballer
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Jamie Walby
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Thing is, what they earn could go up and up and up until they are earning millions a week so i agree with Edd, cap it at soming like £35k a week or around that figure, though i still think thats too much lol
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Dan. T
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quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
they have a skill you cannot learn, hence why they are paid so much. Plus with the popularity of it the money is there to pay them that!
Thats crap sorry, any one can leave the art of football but each individual has their own seperate way of developign their skills,
All footballers are over paid fairys FACT!!!! that put f**k all into charities & events like children in need etc..
Yet we have doctors, surgeons & paramedics that get paid peanuts to help help lifes & prevent many people from losing their lifes, i can't see why a footballer should be paid £10-20 million as year for kicking a piece of leather around a pitch while doctors & surgeons do a job thats worth more..
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barry_kellett99
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quote:
Originally posted by Jamie Walby
Thing is, what they earn could go up and up and up until they are earning millions a week so i agree with Edd, cap it at soming like £35k a week or around that figure, though i still think thats too much lol
You can't cap their wages like that.
How would you feel if someone said you were only allowed to earn X amount, just cos they feel thats all your job is worth?!
The lower leagues have salary cap where the club is only allowed to spend a certain percentage of its income on wages.
They are talking about piloting it in the championship but have to bend the rules slightly
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Carl
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Unfrotunatley the world evolves around money, It sucks but there is no changing it. 
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gianluigi
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paolo maldini has strong relations with UNICEF 
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Kathryn W
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All they do is run around a football pitch for 90 minutes kicking a ball, entertaining certain amounts of people
But the amount they get paid is stupid!
I could do the same as them, but ovbiously not as good, and not get paied a penny, its pathetic!
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barry_kellett99
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quote:
Originally posted by Korsa-Kat
All they do is run around a football pitch for 90 minutes kicking a ball, entertaining certain amounts of people
But the amount they get paid is stupid!
I could do the same as them, but ovbiously not as good, and not get paied a penny, its pathetic!
People would probably pay more than you think to see you running around in shorts
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gianluigi
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quote:
Originally posted by Korsa-Kat
All they do is run around a football pitch for 90 minutes kicking a ball, entertaining certain amounts of people
But the amount they get paid is stupid!
I could do the same as them, but ovbiously not as good, and not get paied a penny, its pathetic!
typical female view.
professional football is a business, not a sport.
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TNM
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they get paid far tooo much.
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Rebrabuk
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No. You can never get paid too much. 
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gianluigi
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who voted no lol, there are 2 votes!
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