Obscene salary

[Taffy Blue in Berkshire]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cp8zjrnw6yro

£300k per week is obscene. The say 'earns' when I think it should be paid as certainly he is not 'earning it'!

Whatever that is one of the reasons why football is messed up.

[J R Hartley]

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You ok hun?

[Rjk]

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man city generate 719 million pounds of revenue, it's right that the lion's share of that goes to the players, who generated it

[Canton Kev]

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55,000 people go week in week out to watch Man City. Millions watch them every time they play and buy shirts, merchandise and subscriptions. The biggest brands in the world pay tens of millions to have their logos on kits and in the stands.

It is obscene, but why hasn’t he “earned it”?

Robert Downey Jr was paid tens of millions to pretend to be a man in a metal suit in a superhero movie. Did he “earn” that money?

Football is one of the few jobs where talent is linked to success/money. There’s very little room for nepotism, family connections, etc especially at the higher levels because if you genuinely aren’t good enough you’ll be dropped.

[JamesWales]

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55,000 people go week in week out to watch Man City. Millions watch them every time they play and buy shirts, merchandise and subscriptions. The biggest brands in the world pay tens of millions to have their logos on kits and in the stands.

It is obscene, but why hasn’t he “earned it”?

Robert Downey Jr was paid tens of millions to pretend to be a man in a metal suit in a superhero movie. Did he “earn” that money?

Football is one of the few jobs where talent is linked to success/money. There’s very little room for nepotism, family connections, etc especially at the higher levels because if you genuinely aren’t good enough you’ll be dropped.

This is all true, but it can still be considered an obscene sum of money.

The thing for me is not what they earn - good for them, and better they pay taxes here than Spain or Germany. I just wish there were more protections in place for fans and better distribution throughout football.

I'd mind less if he earnt that if tickets in Evertons new ground were more affordable etc. it does feel like football is now a source of social division rather than bringing people together which at its best it can do.

Pay em what they like. But guarantee us £30 home tickets, affordable kids shirts, less fixture disruption etc. its possible to do both!

[NYCBlue]

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Good move for all parties.

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

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This is all true, but it can still be considered an obscene sum of money.

The thing for me is not what they earn - good for them, and better they pay taxes here than Spain or Germany. I just wish there were more protections in place for fans and better distribution throughout football.

I'd mind less if he earnt that if tickets in Evertons new ground were more affordable etc. it does feel like football is now a source of social division rather than bringing people together which at its best it can do.

Pay em what they like. But guarantee us £30 home tickets, affordable kids shirts, less fixture disruption etc. its possible to do both!

:thumbup:

[William Treseder]

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55,000 people go week in week out to watch Man City. Millions watch them every time they play and buy shirts, merchandise and subscriptions. The biggest brands in the world pay tens of millions to have their logos on kits and in the stands.

It is obscene, but why hasn’t he “earned it”?

Robert Downey Jr was paid tens of millions to pretend to be a man in a metal suit in a superhero movie. Did he “earn” that money?

Football is one of the few jobs where talent is linked to success/money. There’s very little room for nepotism, family connections, etc especially at the higher levels because if you genuinely aren’t good enough you’ll be dropped.

Football is one of the few jobs where talent is linked to success/money. There’s very little room for nepotism, family connections, etc especially at the higher levels because if you genuinely aren’t good enough you’ll be dropped.
He isn’t that good, and has been dropped ?

[Trigger]

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It's insane for a guy that takes the ball forward a few yards and then plays the ball back. Maybe this move will see him return to a more entertaining player to watch.

The salaries are of course obscene for the work done but can't blame the players. Surely the game will go pop one day, won't it? Maybe not.

[Trigger]

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[A Quiet Monkfish]

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football...s/cp8zjrnw6yro

£300k per week is obscene. The say 'earns' when I think it should be paid as certainly he is not 'earning it'!

Whatever that is one of the reasons why football is messed up.

Of course it's obscene - Haaland earns something like £1m a week with just his salary and guaranteed bonuses. £45m in one season not counting endorsements etc. The last 4 or 5 seasons the already massive salaries of the PL players have almost doubled again. It affects every one of the 92 clubs indirectly, the same way house prices in central London affect those in Blackburn [another thread there perhaps]. Generations of Haalands will never have to work, and will no doubt enjoy celebrity life aka the young Beckhams. What fun !

[the other bob wilson]

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Surprised he's still only 29, seems to have been around for ages. For me, a definite case of Pep making a player worse - I think he's a great manager, but I never got what he wanted to turn Grealish into, as it seemed to me that he was discouraged from showing the talents that I would have thought were the reason for Man city's interest in him in the first place.

As for his wages, yes it is an obscene amount that is hard to justify. when measured against what the average wage is. However, at least top footballers have a talent which sets them above most others and so are deserving of an enhanced wage - put it this way, there are plenty of people we never get to know of in business who earn what Grealish does who i believe are far less deserving of their salary than he is.

[Rjk]

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It's insane for a guy that takes the ball forward a few yards and then plays the ball back. Maybe this move will see him return to a more entertaining player to watch.

The salaries are of course obscene for the work done but can't blame the players. Surely the game will go pop one day, won't it? Maybe not.

At his best he was absolutely world class at one specific thing - winning free kicks.

I remember reading some pundit or other before a tournament saying that England's best chance of winning would be to play Grealish and Vardy to win free kicks and Ward-Prowse to take them, but also that they would never try that.

[bobh]

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Good move for all parties.

Only if we are invited.

[lardy]

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This is all true, but it can still be considered an obscene sum of money.

The thing for me is not what they earn - good for them, and better they pay taxes here than Spain or Germany. I just wish there were more protections in place for fans and better distribution throughout football.

I'd mind less if he earnt that if tickets in Evertons new ground were more affordable etc. it does feel like football is now a source of social division rather than bringing people together which at its best it can do.

Pay em what they like. But guarantee us £30 home tickets, affordable kids shirts, less fixture disruption etc. its possible to do both!

Football should be cheaper for fans to go to. If for nothing else, than to ensure the next generation is going to stadiums to create the atmosphere that the Premier League uses to market itself.

But that's not the players' fault. Their families make massive sacrifices from a young age to get where they are now. Ticket prices aren't high because they're demanding massive wages. The clubs get most money from TV rights, and that gives them the hundreds of millions that enables them to offer this kind of wage to make sure the player signs for them and not a rival.

I've never wanted to criticise players for this. They just happen to play at a time when wages are this high. The money is there regardless, and if not going towards the players then it would just be to shareholders or to hold up other parts of the conglomerate that owns the club.

In a better world, Grealish and others wouldn't earn so much and that money would be used in the club's community. But that isn't gonna happen, and I expect there are people making an absolute fortune behind the scenes who are very happy to have the spotlight on the players and not them.