engrtee: Samuel Eto'o, has taken a £10 million ($15.5 million) pay cut to join English Premier Leaguegiants Chelsea, after completing a move from Russian side Anzhi Makhachkala. Eto'o rocked football headlines by joining Anzhi a few yearsago on wages of about £350,000 ($542, 510) a week, as he
became the stand-out earner in world footballduring his time with the Russian giants

messi,bale and christian ronaldo all earn above that just by
bringing untold joy to millions of fans every season, just by twirling his feet around at great speed


do they really deserve the pay?However, should Messi be paid more than a nurse or a firefighter or a journalist? Okay, so perhaps he deserves to pick up a slightly bigger pay packet than a hack journo, but what about the other two, whose job is it to keep people alive? Shouldn’t ensuring others’ survival be worth more than running round a football pitch every few days? Don’t they and others deserve to be paid somewhere nearer Messi’s multi-million salary?

What about proffessors who spend years on research?
What of other professions?

femiero: Your wage/salary is dependent on how the society values your services. Millions of people all over the world see football as an entertaining sport, thus there is a huge remunerations for the footballers. But don't let ASUU know footballers earn that much oo. They may never calloff the strike oo

Afam4eva: Yes, they deserve a higher pay because football clubs make more money than most hospitals and media houses. Clubs make their money through endorsements and adverts which usually come in billions, so, the pay these footballers get is in tandem with the amount of money in their industry. I also noticed that you used the example of a nurse and a firefighter to make it seem as if people that are helping others don't make much whereas footballers are indirectly putting smiles on people's faces by entertaining them. Do you know that the only thing that unites Nigeria is football. When a football match is going on, everybody forgets their tribal and religious affiliation and hold their hands in brotherhood to support their team. Let's not stretch it. Sports and especially football is big business and the employees of big businesses will also make big money. When most hospitals become multi-million dollar companies, then nurses will be paid very well. Even in developed countries nurses are paid reasonably well cos a lot of hospitals there are very big and make a lot of money.

emmatok: Op, most of the so called money they make don't go to players.

Bawss1:

Explain what you mean.

Pink_Lezbian: Still do not know how they get the monies. Hmmm, football unites, its one of the signs of end time, check your bible.

engrtee: Samuel Eto'o, has taken a £10 million ($15.5 million) pay cut to join English Premier Leaguegiants Chelsea, after completing a move from Russian side Anzhi Makhachkala. Eto'o rocked football headlines by joining Anzhi a few yearsago on wages of about £350,000 ($542, 510) a week, as he
became the stand-out earner in world footballduring his time with the Russian giants

messi,bale and christian ronaldo all earn above that just by
bringing untold joy to millions of fans every season, just by twirling his feet around at great speed


do they really deserve the pay?However, should Messi be paid more than a nurse or a firefighter or a journalist? Okay, so perhaps he deserves to pick up a slightly bigger pay packet than a hack journo, but what about the other two, whose job is it to keep people alive? Shouldn’t ensuring others’ survival be worth more than running round a football pitch every few days? Don’t they and others deserve to be paid somewhere nearer Messi’s multi-million salary?

What about proffessors who spend years on research?
What of other professions?

cynt22:

So r u tryin 2 say d entertainment provided by footballers is more valuable dan d life saving services provided by a doctor? And dat ur "people" shud b changed 2 men cos 80% of women dnt watch football. Mayb I'm thinkin lyk dis cos its my least favourite sport
Dats 1 gud part about 9ja, u cnt b a homebased football player and b stinkingly rich...

Poor gurl