Are Movie/Sports Stars Overpaid?

[cocaine]

I thought friends is gone for good?

[-Soph-]

Hell yes.

People saving peoples life should be payed more than them.

[Misawa]

Film stars I don't believe are overpaid, but Soccer players? Of course. They do nothing to get paid like 150K a week. What, play one game and train? Waste of space.

[Eamonn]

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 "/

All the girls in Friends got £500,000 per episode and the lads £300,000 and hell yeah are they overpaid !! and whoever said that all Doctors have to do is do an examination and thats really it are they like mentally ******ed ?

[RedStratocas]

I dont think so, it's all buisness really. Sure, people who save lives are more important, but no matter who gets money in the end there's always people in the end that complain about it

[GommeInc]

Football stars are. Not so sure about Movie Stars. They actually have a good talent and work alot harder, and go through more stress. A football star ust has to do a few exercices.

I think £2,000 to £5,000 is good enough pay for a football star. They don't need sports cars/hummers/saloons to cart a few boots etc about. They can do it in a Corsa, Fiesta or any other small vehicle.

[FlyingJesus]

If they didn't get this sort of money then the whole economy would suffer.

[GommeInc]

Meh, too lazy to figure out why. Do explain? Also, surely there is a way round that?

[FlyingJesus]

There will always be the rich and the super-rich. Sports and acting are "dream" jobs, as not only do they come with money, but also fame. They give people something to aspire to - hence why so many people think they can make it big on the stage or on the pitch.

If the massive wages go to a job where it's qualifications rather than natural skills that are needed, anyone who knows how to work hard can get that and economy suffers through overload of high-wage jobs. Actors and sportspeople however are paid by their own independant clubs/agents/directors/sponsors etc., and so these top people can choose who they employ and at what price. Also, they are rarely government funded, and so paying an actor £14,000,000 for a film won't make a country bankrupt, it'll simply make a hole in someone's wallet until the film revenue makes up for it

[webster2]

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.

yeh footballers just become pro overnight dont they, there was me thinking they have worked hard since they were a child
footballers deserve it, if theres no football theres nothing to talk about lol
well if ur a geek u cn talk about space nd **** but theres nothing to look forward to if ur a geek just tests i suppose nd wen the new oxford dictornary is out