Crazy World..

[Angelicnumber16]

Hang on a minute, what do you think that Messi earns now then...?

Messi ALREADY earns $51.8m in salary and $22m a year in endorsements or £34.4m (£640k per week) and £14.6m (£280k per week) respectively so salary wise, this would be a 25% increase.

Meanwhile, Ronaldo actually earns more at $79.6m (salary and endorsements) or £52.85m (£1.01m per WEEK)

The NFL's highest paid player is Ben Roethlisberger of the Pittsburgh Steelers at $48.9m (or £32.5m) a year so £625k a week.

You can say it is obscene but if you were expert in your chosen profession, you would be in demand and probably head hunted and if you were at the very top, you could take your pick with the salary to match and I very much doubt that there is anyone on here who would turn down £1m a week if someone were prepared to offer it.

Would that be your fault....?

For me it's not about the Messi's and Ronaldo's. They are the 2 absolutely outstanding footballers of their generation. No-one else comes even close IMHO.

It's the hundreds, of often largely anonymous players making up the majority of a lot of Premiership squads who could and should be reigned in wages wise.

The trouble is that if you cant introduce a cap to cover all players, then it wont work, and as long as clubs give their players, expensive cars, houses, access to corporate jets etc as incentives as part of their overall packages, then it's not easily stopped. Clubs will always find a way to bend the rules.

 

[HANDY ANDY]

The Bosman ruling was the worst thing to happen in Football in recent years in that it deprived the lesser clubs of the revenue stream needed to survive. The inevitable consequence is we will see an increasing stream of larger clubs chasing the dream and going bust. Clearly we need to review the model under which football operates in this country decide what we want and change. There is a belief that the Premiership is the best league in the world but international performance indicates that our style of football is not the best