David Beckham's recent move to L.A. Galaxy will see him rake in at least $250 million in both salary and commercial endorsements over the next 5 years, which when broken down over this period, amounts to a weekly pay of about $1 million a week.

Richard Scudamore (English Premier League chief executive) meanwhile has made it clear that he will be delighted when footballers earn £200 000 a week in salary alone. And the truth of the matter is that market forces in the uk are fuelling a very rapid rise towards the first 200 grand a week earner with billionaires from Thailand to the US taking over every premiership club, and being extremely willing to part with millions to get players they want.

The question to ask is "Are we going to see more increases even after the 200 grand a week or will top football executives be forced to introduce a pay limit?"

HAS FOOTBALLERS PAY GONE OVER THE TOP?

wen u compare d average footbalas pay 2 dat of an nba/mlb/nfl/nhl play

i jus noticed i cant post more dan 75 characters wid ma fone

Anyway,its not reali dat much compared 2 wat dose guyz earn

@ritchboi
Its ridiculous man those guys are filthy rotten rich

@ ritchboi,

The thing here is that in terms of gross earnings, most of the nba/mlb/nfl/nhl players would earn more than the footballers in Europe. However, a good part of these earnings are from endorsement deals and not the basic pay for playing their games. In terms of basic pay, some of the footballers in Europe earn ridiculous amounts. Not inclusive of bonuses e.g. for scoring goals.
And with the caliber of people jostling to take over some English Premier clubs, and their willingness to pay huge amounts to buy and keep players they want, without any intention of making profits from the clubs, it wouldn't be long before some footballers would be earning as much as £500 000 a week(in BASIC PAY ALONE) which is about $1 000 000 (basic weekly salary)