Joe Root - £1m Central Contract

[CP 0 3 BHA]

Blimey!

Who would have thought there was so much money in cricket? I've always thought of cricketers getting by on quite modest rewards but clearly that's not true for all.

 

[Stumpy Tim]

Your average country cricketer is modestly paid for sure, but internationals get good money. Vaughan owns a number of London properties which he bought with his cricketing salary

 

[Hiney]

Joe Root is worth every penny of that.

OUTSTANDING at all formats of the game.

 

[studio150]

Which is£20k a week, the same as Joey Barton at Rangers, I know which one is better value and which is over paid

 

[Gullflyinghigh]

Which is£20k a week, the same as Joey Barton at Rangers, I know which one is better value and which is over paid

Genuinely surprised that Barton's 'only' on 20k a week if I'm honest.

 

[LlcoolJ]

Yeah it's peanuts compared to some very average football players.

Root gets quite a bit from sponsorship etc too but as mentioned, he's worth every penny and more.

 

[jakarta]

One of the finest cricketers in the world and hopefully will only get better. ECB spend some money wisely shock horror.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

Root is clearly a fabulous cricketer but how is that contract value arrived at ? Unlike club players it's not as if he can go and play for someone else....

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Root is clearly a fabulous cricketer but how is that contract value arrived at ? Unlike club players it's not as if he can go and play for someone else....

he can do EXACTLY that (become a very rich T20 mercenary) and is precisely the reason behind the central contracts.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

he can do EXACTLY that (become a very rich T20 mercenary) and is precisely the reason behind the central contracts.

Fair enough...money money money.
Much as I enjoy watching Joe bat though I don't think I am going to line up to say what wonderful value for money he is. All that's really happening is the game is paying him a Kings ransom not to sell his career short in global T20. I think it would be better to reward other cricketers and youngsters and coaches rather than go down the football route.
I'm really not trying to sound cynical (and failing) but football has become venal and it's too late....

 

[vegster]

Joe Root is worth every penny of that.

OUTSTANDING at all formats of the game.

This, he is excellent across all formats of the game, a rare bird indeed and one who deserves to be rewarded and treasured.

 

[Eeyore]

Root is England's most successful cricketer in modern history. A success in all forms of the game. A good ambassador and spends most of his existence away from home. 20k a week ? There's EPL under 23's who spend their footballing days on a bench earning that.

 

[LlcoolJ]

Fair enough...money money money.
Much as I enjoy watching Joe bat though I don't think I am going to line up to say what wonderful value for money he is. All that's really happening is the game is paying him a Kings ransom not to sell his career short in global T20. I think it would be better to reward other cricketers and youngsters and coaches rather than go down the football route.
I'm really not trying to sound cynical (and failing) but football has become venal and it's too late....

I think you're misunderstanding the situation.

All the England players on central contracts are on a good screw and rightly so.

I know that Cook, Anderson and Broad are already on contracts of a similar level so seeing as Root is vice captain, not to mention our best player, it's hardly "going down the football route" for him to be paid a similar amount.

The ECB isn't exactly struggling for cash and the central contracts are a major part of the transformation of the England test team from what it was in the 90s to what it is now.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

I think you're misunderstanding the situation.

All the England players on central contracts are on a good screw and rightly so.

I know that Cook, Anderson and Broad are already on contracts of a similar level so seeing as Root is vice captain, not to mention our best player, it's hardly "going down the football route" for him to be paid a similar amount.

The ECB isn't exactly struggling for cash and the central contracts are a major part of the transformation of the England test team from what it was in the 90s to what it is now.

Yeah, I take your point on parity.
The trouble is when you go down this route it never stops. The difference between the rewards at the top level and the rest will get bigger and bigger. Eg football.
I don't buy the argument that there is no issue as average footballers get paid more. This is widely accepted to be ruining the game and I would rather cricket didnt go the same way ( probably too late for that)

 

[LlcoolJ]

Yeah, I take your point on parity.
The trouble is when you go down this route it never stops. The difference between the rewards at the top level and the rest will get bigger and bigger. Eg football.
I don't buy the argument that there is no issue as average footballers get paid more. This is widely accepted to be ruining the game and I would rather cricket didnt go the same way ( probably too late for that)

Cricket is in danger of being ruined by a lot of different forces but paying our best players properly really isn't one of them.

Central contracts have been around for what, 10 years+ and all they've done is help to improve the England team.

It's not comparable to football as the finance models are completely different.

 

[Seagulltonian]

If there were transfers in cricket, he'd be an £89 million pound man

 

[Invicta]

Well worth it - great to watch when in full flow.

 

[Eeyore]

I think you're misunderstanding the situation.

All the England players on central contracts are on a good screw and rightly so.

I know that Cook, Anderson and Broad are already on contracts of a similar level so seeing as Root is vice captain, not to mention our best player, it's hardly "going down the football route" for him to be paid a similar amount.

The ECB isn't exactly struggling for cash and the central contracts are a major part of the transformation of the England test team from what it was in the 90s to what it is now.

I'm not aware of difficulties, but a number of counties are really struggling.

 

[The Spanish]

Fair enough...money money money.
Much as I enjoy watching Joe bat though I don't think I am going to line up to say what wonderful value for money he is. All that's really happening is the game is paying him a Kings ransom not to sell his career short in global T20. I think it would be better to reward other cricketers and youngsters and coaches rather than go down the football route.
I'm really not trying to sound cynical (and failing) but football has become venal and it's too late....

theres been a few wobbles but central contracts (and especially in this case) have been great for England. I know there are other factors at play such as coaching but I am finding it difficult to find fault with this one.

 

[Brovion]

It's absolutely bugger all. We're so used to hear footballers' salaries discussed in weekly amounts that it doesn't register how much they really earn. It's always said that so-and-so earns X thousand a week. We know it's a lot but a ' thousand' is a word we can relate to, after all we talk about our own salaries in terms of thousands. Really all the contracts should be reported in terms of millions. If someone is on £150,000 a week at Man City on a three year deal then their contract is actually worth 23.4 million!

So Joe Root, a world class cricketer, is earning just under £20,000 a week. I wonder how many footballers earn more than that? Indeed I wonder if any Brighton players earn more than that?