Not likely http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/...telligence-global-salary-survey-espn-magazine City pay on average by this source 12k a week more, 12k is nothing This source has City and Chelsea 3rd and 4th behind Madrid and Barca, I think that would be more accurate than the fail Last year Chelsea were 6th overall on wages now 4th, so you've jumped up two places on last year which would indicate an increase not a reduction
I'm concerned about my clubs' stance on wages, we've just announced that we're going to dispense with the 'flat' wage structure and pay the top players top wages on a par with what they could earn elsewhere. Whilst I want to see my club competing for the top players (and that means paying top wages) it just sits really uneasily with me that we just adding to the whole circus of mega wages. A sign of the times in the game I suppose. Call me old fashioned, but if you're earning £50k per week, then that is a **** load of cash and you don't really need anymore. Anything more is just greed, and when players are demanding £200k per week, it's just obscene in my book. People might say, 'well, you would take a pay rise if somebody offered it to you? so you can't blame them' but that only really has any relative sense if you're on a 'living' wage. If I was on £25k per year and somebody offered me £30k then that would make a tangible difference. But when you're earning £2m -3m+ per year, it makes little difference. A pint of milk still costs 70p and a first class stamp still costs 60p, whether you're on the breadline or a multimillionare.
Neoliberalism created greed. You are right in principle but it's a mentality that is now inherent in our society and exacerbated by the mass media and consumerism.
Footballers' careers are short though so that needs to be taken into account. Arsenal pay good wages but often to average players (for instance Denilson 60k a week if I recall). If they want to sign the likes of Rooney and ultimately 'compete'; they will have to step up the wages at some point.
200 k a week is an obscene amount and you make good points But all the time fools like me subscribe to sky sports then there will be loads of money thrown at top clubs and that will make them attractive to wealthy takeover merchants
Your ESPN story is from May 2012. The Sportingintelligence’s Global Sports Salaries Survey (GSSS) is for 2013. If you are going to attempt to WUM get your facts straight. Or you will be banned again for lame wumming
Then why didn't he comment on the OP with the 2013 report? Instead he Wummed with his own out of date source to counter
I know it's an idealistic view. The reality is that we live in a world dominated by consumerism and corporate interests. We're trashing our own planet at an alarming rate, and yet we do nothing about it because it might damage the corporate profit margin and the control and influence of business if we have to invest in costly renewables and ditch oil and coal - Crazy thinking, but that's the pervasive mantra 'Profit is champion'
Just hope some of the obscenely wealthy players give to those less well off. Drogba, Beckham and Essien I know , all put back big time. Someone should sign all PL players up to a 5 or 10% of salary Foundation. It would mean bugger all to them since it's tax deductable, but could do a whole lot of good.
I'd like to see something like this. It would need the Premier League and players to sign up to it voluntarily, but it would be a good gesture that could raise a lot of money. I know a lot of clubs do good work in their communities, but it would be good to see players actually putting their hands in their pockets too. If you suppose that the average wage in the PL is probably in the region of 50k per week, if just the starting eleven donated 10% of their wages to the foundation then it could raise just over £1m per week for good causes.
