Footballers aren't overpaid

Yes, the vast majority are much more hard-working, train daily and miss their families for whole weekends travelling. The average worker never thought about their job long before getting it and work Monday-Friday on the same pay (almost) as League Two footballers.

Yes, the vast majority are much more hard-working, train daily and miss their families for whole weekends travelling. The average worker never thought about their job long before getting it and work Monday-Friday on the same pay (almost) as League Two footballers.

Sheesh... whole weekends? Aren't they unlucky...

People only criticize other people's salaries because they are jealous. Footballers are criticised because they earn hundreds of thousands for running around a field chasing a ball (like a dog) once in a while. Compare this to the average 9-5 worker who gets paid £20k a year and you can see why they are jealous of the footballers.

Yes, the vast majority are much more hard-working, train daily and miss their families for whole weekends travelling. The average worker never thought about their job long before getting it and work Monday-Friday on the same pay (almost) as League Two footballers.

They "work" (if you can call running around doing stretches working) in the mornings, and get the rest of the day off, excluding match days.

And let's not forget: this "job" they're doing is something a lot of people CHOOSE to do for FUN.

Millions of people are doing something more worthwhile with their lives, and barely scraping a living. Why you wretched ****tards hero worship people who would **** on you soon as look as you confuses me a lot.

I personally can't agree with the argument that footballers are overpaid. Some are overpaid considering their profession, such as Wayne Rooney - he's a great player on his day, but does not justify 300k a week at all. However, professional football players have dedicated literally their whole lives to their profession. They would have spent their whole childhood practising day in, day out. Compare that to a teacher or an accountant who would have only trained for their jobs well after the age of 18. Taking into account the sheer number of hours put into the job, the money is well earned.

Not only that, but the generalised comments of 'footballers are overpaid' are always aimed at the select few at the pinnacle of their game. For example the average yearly wage of a League Two footballer, of which there are many, is just 8k a year more than the average UK wage. They will also have spent the majority of their lives training, yet they are definitely not 'overpaid'.

Here is a good quote from Michael Owen on the subject:

‘If you have a skill, which people are prepared to part with their hard-earned cash in order to watch, those with the skill will always command high salaries.
‘Nobody complains if pop stars sell out a stadium and rake in millions from a tour. Nobody complains about the reported weekly salaries, according to Forbes, of sportsmen such as Kobe Bryant (£700k), Roger Federer (£800k), Phil Mickelson (£480k) and Usain Bolt (£290k).
‘What is so different to a footballer earning similar amounts for being at the top of their own particular sport?’

What are your thoughts on the matter?

It's a huge understatement to say that footballers are overpaid. They don't deserve to be paid even a penny. All they're doing is kicking a ball around ffs!!! They're not using their brains at all. They're not benefiting anyone at all. They're not contributing to society or helping people in any way or form. It's a completely and utterly useless 'profession' (I hate to refer to it as a profession, but sadly that's what it is, it's a profession, footballers get paid).

If each Premier League player was paid £1m less, the number of fans and revenue from all sources wouldn't even budge; but it would take half a dozen clubs into profit rather than loss. Demand from club executives is hardly the same as demand from fans.

You're one of the ignorant people I was referring to


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It's a huge understatement to say that footballers are overpaid. They don't deserve to be paid even a penny. All they're doing is kicking a ball around ffs!!! They're not using their brains at all. They're not benefiting anyone at all. They're not contributing to society or helping people in any way or form. It's a completely and utterly useless 'profession' (I hate to refer to it as a profession, but sadly that's what it is, it's a profession, footballers get paid).

What am I ignorant of? What profound wisdom and knowledge do I lack or am unaware of?

It's a huge understatement to say that footballers are overpaid. They don't deserve to be paid even a penny. All they're doing is kicking a ball around ffs!!! They're not using their brains at all. They're not benefiting anyone at all. They're not contributing to society or helping people in any way or form. It's a completely and utterly useless 'profession' (I hate to refer to it as a profession, but sadly that's what it is, it's a profession, footballers get paid).

Are they not benefiting the hundreds of millions worldwide who follow football?

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No. They're not benefiting anyone. By the way, I'm not forgetting about all the billions of pounds and dollars that the world football industry generates. I'm referring to the actually activity itself in its most basic, bare form. If you look at what they're doing - i.e. kicking a ball around a grass pitch - it doesn't take a genius to realise it's a completely useless activity. It's not like they're growing food, or manufacturing goods, or providing a service to people.

The fact that football generates such a huge revenue and the fact that it's such an enormous industry is not evidence of its usefulness, humanity doesn't rely on a bunch of people kicking a ball around for its survival or sustenance. Just because people like to throw their money at something useless, doesn't mean that the people getting paid deserve that money.