Money in football
Is the amount of money that footballers earn every week ethical and do they deserve to earn such a vast amount?
Football has come a long way in recent decades, the advancement in TV deals and sponsorships have seen the amount of money in the game escalate, meaning the days in which footballers earned the same as their fellow countrymen are long gone."
Of course football is not the only industry where its ‘stars’ pick up a small fortune. Actors and musicians acquire huge amounts for their talents and yet this is not as well publicised, or in fact scrutinised as harshly, as footballers who play for the top clubs in English football. Wayne Rooney is rumoured to be signing a £300,000 a week deal with Manchester United, with the football club doing all they can to make the English striker stay at Old Trafford.
Football has come a long way in recent decades, the advancement in TV deals and sponsorships have seen the amount of money in the game escalate, meaning the days in which footballers earned the same as their fellow countrymen are long gone."
Of course football is not the only industry where its ‘stars’ pick up a small fortune. Actors and musicians acquire huge amounts for their talents and yet this is not as well publicised, or in fact scrutinised as harshly, as footballers who play for the top clubs in English football. Wayne Rooney is rumoured to be signing a £300,000 a week deal with Manchester United, with the football club doing all they can to make the English striker stay at Old Trafford.
Keanu Marsh-Brown, midfielder of Barnet Football Club says: “I think some players earn a ridiculous amount, but if they are good enough then it’s fair enough. If they are doing well for their club, there club is going to reward them and that’s rightly so.”
Top English football clubs are paying their players hundreds of thousands of pounds every week, in comparison to a Conference team like Barnet, who will pay their players a significantly lower sum.
Former England captain and current Fulham FC Assistant Head Coach, Ray Wilkins, doesn’t think the distribution of money in football is fair: “We have the Premiership, the Championship and lower leagues where there are a lot of people working extremely hard to keep football afloat, particularly at the lower levels and I believe the distribution of money in football should be spread out more justly and fairly than it is at the moment.”
Top English football clubs are paying their players hundreds of thousands of pounds every week, in comparison to a Conference team like Barnet, who will pay their players a significantly lower sum.
Former England captain and current Fulham FC Assistant Head Coach, Ray Wilkins, doesn’t think the distribution of money in football is fair: “We have the Premiership, the Championship and lower leagues where there are a lot of people working extremely hard to keep football afloat, particularly at the lower levels and I believe the distribution of money in football should be spread out more justly and fairly than it is at the moment.”