Are football players worth their enormous salaries? It is difficult to answer yes; certainly as far as English players are concerned after their abysmal performance in the World Cup. This afternoon, Blackpool defeated Liverpool 2 - 1 at Anfield. It was the first time that they had played at Anfield since 1971 and the first time that they had beaten Liverpool since 1967. Great result. Good luck to Blackpool. I hope they manage to stay up but they are showing a spirit and organisation in their play which gives us hope. Their players have been limited to a very modest - by Premier League standards - maximum wage of £10,000 per week. It is plenty of money for most people - £½ million per year. Live modestly for ten years [say] on £100,000 per year and invest about £250,000 per year and your average Blackpool player would have a nest egg of £4 million + which should allow him to live comfortably ever after without needing to get a job. The trouble is, of course, that footballers do not live modestly; they live to the limits of their earnings and need more once they retire. That is their problem. If most of us had a fortune of over £1 million we could live well without having to worry about money. We could not go out buying Bentleys and Ferraris.
Pay to Liverpool players allows them to buy the Ferraris but it does not seem to help them play football. Wayne Rooney is another player with buckets of pay but at present he is failing badly as a player. I hope he rights himself but I wonder if he has the mental strength to see what really matters and then to get on with the job. He should have a chat to Paul Scholes.
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