Footballers wages.

[seagulls99]

Please can you take a couple of minutes to answer these questions. You can just list the answers 1 to 8, to keep it simple.
Any question that doesn't have a Y/N answer, please make a comment. All questions are optional!
Many thanks.

1) Age:
2) Gender:
3) Do you enjoy football? Y/N:
4) Do you have any acquaintances with anyone inside the professional game? i.e. friends of a player or chairman etc. :
5) Have you played football at a semi-pro or higher level? If yes what?:
6) Do you have a season ticket at a football club? Y/N
7) Should there be a wage cap on footballer’s wages? :
8) Are footballers’ wages generally too much? Y/N :

 

[drew]

Firstly, why?

As for the last two questions, no there shouldn't be a cap on wages and they are only high because that's what the market/owners of clubs pay. If muppets who continually complain about them didn't subscribe to the likes of Sky then the money wouldn't be there to pay them.

 

[essbee]

seagulls99,

Why should we bother if you can't even be bothered to tell us why?

I mean ffs mate. It's not rocket science.

 

[Insel affe]

Seagulls99 do you like ice cream ?

 

[Deleted User X18H]

Please can you take a couple of minutes to answer these questions. You can just list the answers 1 to 8, to keep it simple.
Any question that doesn't have a Y/N answer, please make a comment. All questions are optional!
Many thanks.

1) Age:40's
2) Gender: Male
3) Do you enjoy football? Y/N: Mostly
4) Do you have any acquaintances with anyone inside the professional game? i.e. friends of a player or chairman etc. : Various
5) Have you played football at a semi-pro or higher level? If yes what?: No
6) Do you have a season ticket at a football club? Y/N Y
7) Should there be a wage cap on footballer’s wages? : Nowt to do with me
8) Are footballers’ wages generally too much? Y/N :

Basically there are more the 63M people in the UK. If around 3000 people are gifted enough to contribute to the most popular form of entertainment in country then why should they not earn whatever someone is prepared to pay them.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

If muppets who continually complain about them didn't subscribe to the likes of Sky then the money wouldn't be there to pay them.

I complain about wages. I don't subscribe to Sky and I have given up watching us live. When are the wages coming down?

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Basically there are more the 63M people in the UK. If around 3000 people are gifted enough to contribute to the most popular form of entertainment in country then why should they not earn whatever someone is prepared to pay them.

You are aware of the concept of monopolies and oligopolies, right?

 

[Garage_Doors]

What is your favourite cheese?

 

[Insel affe]

What is your favourite cheese?

I bet it is Babybel

 

[Deleted User X18H]

You are aware of the concept of monopolies and oligopolies, right?

Well of course, but that wouldn't be relevant in relation to players wages.

You might want to quickly refer back to Wiki.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Well of course, but that wouldn't be relevant in relation to players wages.

You might want to quickly refer back to Wiki.

Why would it not be relevant to player wages? You might want to refer back to Thinking for Dummies.

 

[Deleted User X18H]

Why would it not be relevant to player wages? You might want to refer back to Thinking for Dummies.

Why do you not go to The Amex then? Out of interest

 

[GT49er]

1) N/A
2) N/A
3) Do you enjoy football? Yes
4) Do you have any acquaintances with anyone inside the professional game? i.e. friends of a player or chairman etc. : No, but I think I once briefly played on the same pitch as Brian Hall (he played for Liverpool in the 70's, for you young 'uns.)
5) Have you played football at a semi-pro or higher level? If yes what?: No - I was discriminated against on account of missing the ball most times when trying to kick it................
6) Do you have a season ticket at a football club? No
7) Should there be a wage cap on footballer’s wages? : Yes
8) Are footballers’ wages generally too much? : Yes

 

[Ali_rrr]

I'll answer for you.

1) Age: 16
2) Gender: Male
3) Do you enjoy football? Y/N: Yes
4) Do you have any acquaintances with anyone inside the professional game? i.e. friends of a player or chairman etc. : Yes, player
5) Have you played football at a semi-pro or higher level? If yes what?: No
6) Do you have a season ticket at a football club? Y/N: Yes
7) Should there be a wage cap on footballer’s wages? : Probably
8) Are footballers’ wages generally too much? Y/N : Yes

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Why do you not go to The Amex then? Out of interest

I've reached a point where I'm uncomfortable with wages paid to our players.

I'm not pretending to know how much our players are paid, but I expect a good few of them are on north of £500k per annum. I don't feel comfortable being a part of that.

Granted, it is not up to me to decide who is worth what. I try and avoid lining the pockets of the already rich (posted from a Samsung ).

I've decided not to spend my cash to fund something that has very little baring on life. Enough is enough.

 

[Willy Dangle]

Please can you take a couple of minutes to answer these questions. You can just list the answers 1 to 8, to keep it simple.
Any question that doesn't have a Y/N answer, please make a comment. All questions are optional!
Many thanks.

1) Age:
2) Gender:
3) Do you enjoy football? Y/N:
4) Do you have any acquaintances with anyone inside the professional game? i.e. friends of a player or chairman etc. :
5) Have you played football at a semi-pro or higher level? If yes what?:
6) Do you have a season ticket at a football club? Y/N
7) Should there be a wage cap on footballer’s wages? :
8) Are footballers’ wages generally too much? Y/N :

1) 40+
2)male
3)y
4)y
5) yes div2 (now championship)
6) yes
7) no
8) no (the prem can be vulgar) lower leagues are OK considering your career can end prematurely as did mine.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

If around 3000 people are gifted enough.

The problem is that most are pretty shit as opposed to gifted.

 

[8ace]

1) 19
2) Female
3) No
4) Yes, I've noshed off half the EPL
5) No
6) No
7) No
8) No

 

[robynsdad]

Basically there are more the 63M people in the UK. If around 3000 people are gifted enough to contribute to the most popular form of entertainment in country then why should they not earn whatever someone is prepared to pay them.

Perhaps because excessive wages (coupled with ever wider inequality) damages the game of football. It pushes the cost of watching football up so that it is beyond the means of many traditional fans. It ensures that only a few of the richest clubs can be competitive, making the premier league increasingly dull and irrelevant. It makes spoilt millionaires out of teenagers, who then become damaging role models for our children...But hey ho, lets just stick to the tired old simplistic 80's mantra of 'they're worth it' eh?
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[Telford Seagull]

1) Age: 18
2) Gender: male
3) Do you enjoy football? Y/N: Y
4) Do you have any acquaintances with anyone inside the professional game? i.e. friends of a player or chairman etc. : yep, my cousin
5) Have you played football at a semi-pro or higher level? If yes what?: yep, under 18s elite league, one game in the midlands reserve league, northern premier, conferance north
6) Do you have a season ticket at a football club? Y/N : nope
7) Should there be a wage cap on footballer’s wages? : yeah probably
8) Are footballers’ wages generally too much? Y/N : definately