Are Movie/Sports Stars Overpaid?

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Are Movie/Sports Stars Overpaid?

Give Me Your Views Please, And Tell Me Why You Think That

[uh huh her]

Yes.
So they 'entertain' people, but think about the doctors/nurses/police/firefighters who spend their day saving peoples lifes. They get paid no where near as much a footballer or movie star does.

[Smiddy]

If you think Football stars get paid alot.. move to America, see how much they pay there sporting heros from Basketball, baseball, American Football.

But the problem is they get sponsored to wear the kits provided. And the big money companies pay huge ammounts to have there logo shown on kits / stadiums as they know it will increase the selling of the product. (So say Rio Ferdinand of Man United has a clause in his contract (I think) in which he agrees to wear the shirt, and the paycheck he gets is partly money from the sponsor (in this case, "AIG")).
Same with celebrities and Tv advertisements, they're paids lot for that.

[bum]

Yes. I think tv sitcoms are the worst, Will & grace, Friends etc. Eric Mcormak gets paid $200,000 for every episode of will & grace he starred in "/

[Charles]

Yes. Footballers don't really deserve it, sure, they train. Play once, maybe twice a week but like £75,000 a week. Come on now.
Movie stars do desvere some money. Purely because they have to learn way too many lines for one film.

[Lubricant]

The actors in Desperate Housewives, I think, got way too overpaid. Can't remember her name but she got $1m per episode ;l

[Azul]

Footballers train every day actually, not to say they deserve what they earn. But if clubs are willing to offer that much, you really cannot blame them.

[Jamie!]

Yeah they get paid way to much in my eyes. I mean, they should get a fair bit of money as it is their jobs etc, but $1million per episode and £110,000 a week is way over the top

[dirrty]

Yes,
How much they get paid compared jobs that actually do something is stupid.
Like teachers who educate children of the future get paid pennies compared to football players who kick a ball around a pitch

[micky.blue.eyes]

Yes. I think tv sitcoms are the worst, Will & grace, Friends etc. Eric Mcormak gets paid $200,000 for every episode of will & grace he starred in "/

That's nothing! The actors of friends got almost 1 million per episode for the last episodes (before they decided to continue again).

I don't think movie stars are overpaid, it's really hard work and you have almost no privacy, tickets are like, 4 pounds each? (Depends where you live and what movie you go to), millions of people watch those movies, it would be unfair if it would all go to the director. But I think they could give more to the music people and special effects people (what ever they're called) and stunt mans, etc. They do a lot of work aswell.

Oh and doctors do get paid a lot, not as much as movie stars, but movie stars work harder. Doctors get paid a lot for simple things like an examination and stuff like that.