Footballers Getting Paid So Much

[[Chris]]

Ok i have been thinking about this for a while now but

why do footballers get paid more than nurses/doctors
all they are doing is kicking a ball around when nurses/doctors are curing people and saving lives, so why do footballers get paid so much?

when a footballer gets injured - who treats him/her - a doctor or nurse
whos ready incase they get injured - docrors/nurses

what are your views?

[-Soph-]

I often think about this, At the end of the day, they enjoy playing football (Well, i'd say they do) My mum is a nurse, and she doesn't exactly enjoy it?

So yes, I think people saving peoples lifes should be payed more.

[[Chris]]

I often think about this, At the end of the day, they enjoy playing football (Well, i'd say they do) My mum is a nurse, and she doesn't exactly enjoy it?

So yes, I think people saving peoples lifes should be payed more.

my mums a nurse too! - thats what made me think about it

i know they enjoy kicking a ball but whats more important

somebodys life or a ball?

[brandon]

footballers are obviously overpaid but that's life. Football is a multi-million pound business.

[Scriptermone]

It's not the footballers fault about their salary, its the managers/owners of the club who pay them...

so dont flame the footballers ^^

[Wootzeh]

Blame the russians?

[RedStratocas]

Because it's how buisness works:s Proffesional Football is extremely profitable, thus the people in the business get paid very high. It isnt like someone came in one day and said "Lets pay football players millions of dollars and doctors like crap". Its all the demand of business.

[Kymux]

I go to Medical School. The pain we go through is substantial. We need to get more. It's dispiccable that people like footballers and popstars etc get paid 10x as much!

[FlyingJesus]

It's just how it is. It may well seem unfair but the entire economy relies on stability, and changing things around to make things "fair" would upset the balance.

Doctors and nurses are highly skilled, and don't be offended if your parents are in such a profession or if you aspire to be, but it is something that you can learn. Obviously there will be people who are naturally good at it, as with anything else, but sports isn't something that just anyone can learn. Entertainers are key to a happy society, and yes they are grossly overpaid, but I'd rather keep it as it is than upset economic balance.

Also remember that football is a big business, many groups of multi-million (or even billion) pound corporations come into it. The players are like the stocks and shares of it, or the big dealbreaks.

[RedStratocas]

I go to Medical School. The pain we go through is substantial. We need to get more. It's dispiccable that people like footballers and popstars etc get paid 10x as much!

...no it's not. Its how business works. If you want to be paid more, go into a different business. If you want to be paid as much as a football player, be a football player.

[Colin-Roberts]

football is watched live by billions a year thus there making huge money thus footballers get paid more.

[RedStratocas]

football is watched live by billions a year thus there making huge money thus footballers get paid more.

Exactly. We cant go into the businesses and say "you dont deserve the money" and give it to someone else so everything would be even. You know what that's called?

Communism! :D

[FlyingJesus]

Which is a bad bad thing boys and girls.

[cocaine]

Don't flame the footballers, they're the lucky ones.

[dirrty]

They get paid alot because you lot pay to see them play which pays their wages.

Dont like it, dont go to matches or watch football matches on TV or buy anything football related. Or sports related.

[Smiddy]

They're paid alot because they help advertise there teams sponsored products, for all the training sessions they have, etc.

I do agree, if the salary within the NHS or Fire department and possibly the police force was higher, then it would attract more future people to these roles but, as the case appears to be, that's a nono.

[RedStratocas]

They're paid alot because they help advertise there teams sponsored products, for all the training sessions they have, etc.

I do agree, if the salary within the NHS or Fire department and possibly the police force was higher, then it would attract more future people to these roles but, as the case appears to be, that's a nono.

Paying police officers low is a good thing actually. Sounds weird I know. But if police officers were payed high, then many people who are unfit to be police officers would want to be one. Paying them low makes sure the only people who are police officers are people who really want to be one, which is good for citizens.

[FlyingJesus]

Was just about to post something very much along the lines of what Mr Red just posted, and also there's a moral payment in police jobs and the like, where people feel they are truly contributing to society.

[RedStratocas]

Was just about to post something very much along the lines of what Mr Red just posted, and also there's a moral payment in police jobs and the like, where people feel they are truly contributing to society.

Exactly, stuff like police, firemen, teachers, bikini inspectors, state officials; they need low wages to make sure unfit people for the job dont get in.

[BL!NKEY]

they get paied so much because you go to their games and watch them on TV.

If the doctors raised their prices less people would go for check ups. If football games got more expensive people would still go and they would get more money.

This looks wrong but it isnt.

People would rather spend more money for entertainment then some thing called helth which doesnt usualy effect them instantly like entertainment does.

[Blinger1]

If football players were to get paid only $100 a week and they were worth more because of there skill other clubs would buy them for say $200. Then the original club would say "no we will buy him for $1000" and then it keeps going up ;)

[-Soph-]

football is watched live by billions a year thus there making huge money thus footballers get paid more.

A nurse will save thousands of lifes..

[kolopo]

It does seem unfair, but at the end of the day that's just how it is. some people would argue that nurses and doctors work much harder than footballers yet get paid less. but tbh you get paid for what you do, not how hard you work. you can't really argue with that.

[hindu]

well if the doctors/nurses were with the NHS or w.e they can't be paid millions because the NHS is in multi-million pound debt anyway

[Troubling]

its becuase the football industry is worth billions and we need footballers for the industry so thats why.

[VanHalen]

This is debated time and time again. Footballers get paid more because the sport of Football makes a lot of money through ticket sales and sponsors. Emergency services don't get that but they get money from the government, and Football has nothing to do with the government. If you want the emergency services to be paid more I suggest you contact the government. Not all footballers get paid, only the Premierhip players get paid thousands. People in lower divisons such as the CHampionship can get as little pay as £300 a week. So it's not all good.

[[N]]

Do you know how much a club makes in like 5 games lets say...

Think about that.

sum boy down my road plays for QPR and get like £1000 a week ;]

rich boy his only 19 or one less

[Liberation]

Ive been asking this alot recently aswell, ever since I went to see a game a couple of weeks ago. They kick a ball around for 90 minutes, 2 training sessions a week. I mean i do that for my village team, and i dont get payed £100,000 a week. But think of how many player dont make that amount of money, only the top premiership teams get huge amounts of money. But so little people get into those teams. But i do agree, they get payed alot mor and it should be cut down and given to another cause, such as charity or something on the lines of that.......

[Immenseman]

I do agree they are well overpaid but when anyone says this I always think there career is alot shorter then the majority of any other professions seeing as they're forced to retire by 30-35 (Older and younger for some) it also includes alot of travelling and not much time with your family. So much money is spent on football by various people therefor the board & manager have enough to pay that player ridiculous wages.
I think nurses should get a pay rise but then again the NHS would crumble if they had to spend any more money.

[Liberation]

I agree with Immenseman, The NHS would crumble if they upped the wages of nurses/docters. But if those football teams wages went down a little, maybe there would be more money for people who ned it most. Or they could conate some to charity each week :P

[RedStratocas]

A nurse will save thousands of lifes..

It sounds cruel, but its how it works. Yes, a nurse's job is more important than that of a soccer player's, but thats because more people go to football games and watch them on TV and contribute to them finnancially, than go to a hospital. They are two separate businesses. Dont make the mistake of thinking this is the owners and government's fault. This is EVERYONE'S fault. It's people, citizens, and football fans' faults. People, just like you, allow it to happen. If it werent for the people, there would be no football, players wouldnt be paid millions of dollars. It's the people's choice that football is more important to them than nurses.

[summer]

it's just how things work. obviously football clubs get a lot more income than hospitals, therefore they can pay their staff more.

[Troubling]

but if someone is truly talented in anything then shouldnt they get what they deserve if i was amazing a football i would love the money but playing profesionally would be better than any cash

[Janeisntpleased]

it's unfair, we know, but it's just one of those things.

[Caution]

How many lives will a nurse save?
And how many lives will a footballer save?!

A Footballer doesn't excactly need to be talented, yet they get paid so much,:rolleyes:

[Slash]

it is unfair i think.
footballers entertain lives, yet doctors/nurses etc save them.
yet it's just one of those things at the end of the day.

[RedStratocas]

How many lives will a nurse save?
And how many lives will a footballer save?!

A Footballer doesn't excactly need to be talented, yet they get paid so much,:rolleyes:

I know how unfair it sounds, you can definatly argue that they dont deserve it (even though thats a moral judgement that no one really has). It all has to do with business, and since football is a multi billion dollar business, with very few people that work in it (comparitivly to the amount of money), they get paid so high. To make things fair would actually make things UNFAIR in a way. Sorry if it doesnt make much sense...

[summer]

it's not about how many people footballers don't save, it's about how much money they make by NOT saving people.

[Caution]

it's not about how many people footballers don't save, it's about how much money they make by NOT saving people.Explain that, I didn't understand it.:s


I know how unfair it sounds, you can definatly argue that they dont deserve it (even though thats a moral judgement that no one really has). It all has to do with business, and since football is a multi billion dollar business, with very few people that work in it (comparitivly to the amount of money), they get paid so high. To make things fair would actually make things UNFAIR in a way. Sorry if it doesnt make much sense...
I had to read that a few times to understand it:P
But I see what you mean, yes.:)

[summer]

Explain that, I didn't understand it.:s

well, they make money by doing something that DOESNT involve saving people -> they play football, 40000 or so people pay £40 each to watch them do it for 90 minutes, they get a nice slice of that money as wages.

40000 people wouldn't pay £40 to watch a nurse bandage someone's wounds.