why do good pro footballers get top jobs with top money when they retire?
822826
I will give you the answer in a few years\nluv Frank
312503
Not over yet, there are still great players who have passed the 30's year mark and are still strong and mostly better than the youngsters out there, such as Berkamp, Romario, Maldini, Cafu, Serginho, Shearer (recently retired), Zidane, Ronaldo, etc.\nThey shouldn't retire, but indeed, they should be expected and able to take a bench some games without throwing a fit now and then
697986
I seriously believe that footballers are too overpaid - and then they believe that they are better than the rest of people. For example, Robbie Fowler 'snorting' a white line as a goal celebration. (Just showing how having money can lead you to believe you are untouchable). Thierry Henry needing constant resting because he is 'tired'.\nI'm sorry but my yearly wages do not amount to a footballers weekly wages. Should I want to skip a day off work because I was 'tired' would be completely unacceptable and lead me to being unemployed. Why should they be given and granted money, free gifts, cars, status and then be allowed to demand more! Especially when living the career of your dreams.\nIt leads to our idol's becoming too complacent to frontline in our children's expectations.
95551
I think it is suppose to be about the best of the best.  Since they get paid alot of money to play a game, chances are they are the best at what they do.  That doesn't mean that there aren't amatuers out there that might deserve to be there but were overlooked due to status.
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real madrid players dont play for the team, dont play for the club honour, dont play for the fans. they play for money, when they come out the fild its like they go to there work. \nand if team loses its nothing for them but the lose of some money, if they win its more money they get.\nreal madrid sold its sole, lost its pride, kild its honour.
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A professional football player makes a standard of living that will never be equaled by a professor.\n\nAnd, it's a forgone conclusion that a pro ball player has a four year college education.\n\nA pro ball player can always become a teacher, a professor, or a professional speaker when he gets too old to play...\n\na professor will never change careers and play pro ball.\n\nTake the ball player - free games, free clothes, good seats ..
1063141
Why can't they be paid like the rest of do? I mean, sure they are good at sports but everyone is good at something. Shouldn't we all get paid millions because we do what we are good at? I would love to get a million dollars for helping people get their ged and improving their life but I know that I won't get it.\n\nEnough ranting.
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Ronaldinho is world's highest-paid footballer    \n\nThe 2005 winner of the Ballon d'Or for best footballer in the world, who plays with Barcelona, will earn a total of 23 million euros ($28.5 million) this year, nearly three times as much as he made in 2005.This total includes a salary of 8.5 million euros in bonuses and about 14 million euros income from advertising.\n\nBeckham came in second on the list, with earnings of 18 million euros for 2006, down from the 25 million euros he made last year.\n\nHe was followed by another Real Madrid 'Galactico', Brazilian striker Ronaldo with 17.4 million euros, England striker Wayne Rooney with 16.1 million euros and Monaco's Italian striker Christina Vieri at 16 million euros.\n\nWhile there are only two Chelsea players among the world's top 20 earners, the club's outspoken coach, Jose Mourinho, topped the trainer list with 10.9 million euros.\n\nFar behind in second place was England's Swedish coach Sven-Goran Eriksson with 6.9 million euros, followed by Manchester United trainer Alex Ferguson at 5.95 million euros.
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Players are paid what the market offers.  Team owners generally overpay players in fear that the player may sign elsewhere.  I don't have a problem with a football player getting $2 million.  The average career of a football player is 4.5 seasons.  If that player is injured, and cannot work, then I can justify their salary.  As long as we the Suckers, keep buying tickets, jerseys, memorabilia and the like, then pro players will be overpaid.
912727
No they are not paid on how well they play in each game they are paid this amount of money because of the talent they have, and if they fail to perform at the end of the contract they will be transfered or put on a free transfer witch i would say is like being "sacked" so they have to play well to carry on being paid this money. Be a bit unfair to just stop wages all together imagine having all them huge bills to pay from the expensive house and nice car's and going through a bad patch they could end up losing it all and having to start over. Going from £200,000 to £0 a week\n\nDon't get me wrong they are paid crazy amounts of money but we wouldn't be complaining if it was us!
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He's already retired and past his prime age. He's been playing since the 1990 World Cup and has had ample chances to show what an amazing player he is. People will always remember him as "BatiGol" cos' he never failed to find the net. Now, he has moved on to give other promising players a chance to find the fame like he did. Crespo and Messi are some to fill the gap.
422196
coz money is everything and when they retire at around 40 they will hv only tht money to support them\ndont u work for money, will u work for free??\nso cricketers are also doing the same thing
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Players incomes are in millions of euros: \n\n\nPLAYER                       SALARY             TOTAL\n\n1.  Ronaldinho             8.5               23.0\n2.  David Beckham          6.4               18.0\n3.  Ronaldo                6.4               17.4\n4.  Wayne Rooney           5.2               16.1\n5.  Christian Vieri        4.0               16.0\n6.  Zinedine Zidane        6.4               15.0\n7.  Alessandro del Piero   4.2               11.5\n8.  Frank Lampard          7.2                9.8\n9.  Thierry Henry          4.5                9.8\n10. John Terry             5.9                9.7\n11. Steven Gerrard         6.7                9.2\n12. Oliver Kahn            6.0                9.1\n13. Rio Ferdinand          7.2                9.0\n14. Raul Gonzalez          6.4                8.9\n15. Michael Owen           5.0                8.7\n16. Ruud van Nistelrooy    6.4                8.5\n17. Francesco Totti        5.6                8.4\n18. Michael Ballack        5.5                8.4\n19. Harry Kewell           5.7                7.9\n20. Patrick Vieira         5.0                7.5\nhttp://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=aJp.OpANDbuU&refer=latin_america\n\nParis, April 25 (DPA) Brazilian soccer star Ronaldinho displaced David Beckham as the globe's highest-paid footballer, the French weekly France Football reported Tuesday. \n\nThe 2005 winner of the Ballon d'Or for best footballer in the world, who plays with Barcelona, will earn a total of 23 million euros ($28.5 million) this year, nearly three times as much as he made in 2005.\n\nThis total includes a salary of 8.5 million euros in bonuses and about 14 million euros income from advertising.\n\nBeckham came in second on the list, with earnings of 18 million euros for 2006, down from the 25 million euros he made last year.\n\nHe was followed by another Real Madrid 'Galactico', Brazilian striker Ronaldo with 17.4 million euros, England striker Wayne Rooney with 16.1 million euros and Monaco's Italian striker Christina Vieri at 16 million euros.\n\nWhile there are only two Chelsea players among the world's top 20 earners, the club's outspoken coach, Jose Mourinho, topped the trainer list with 10.9 million euros.\n\nFar behind in second place was England's Swedish coach Sven-Goran Eriksson with 6.9 million euros, followed by Manchester United trainer Alex Ferguson at 5.95 million euros.\n\nhttp://in.sports.yahoo.com/060425/43/63s57.html\n\n\nBrazil's Ronaldinho, the world player of the year, ended David Beckham's three-year tenure as soccer's richest player, according to France Football magazine's annual rich list. Ronaldinho's earnings more than tripled in the last year to 23 million euros ($28.5 million), $6.2 million more than Beckham.\nhttp://www.startribune.com/503/story/393205.html
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They have good funds therefore can buy the good players that can have a good chemistry with other team players, their coach Jose Murinho is a very good coach that can make the money they have very useful, using it in very successful transfer deals. They have very good players that have a good chemistry together and are perfect for the Priemer league. The money they have isnt everything, Real Madrid had huge funds but were never as good as Chelsea right now because they only bought expensive players, while Chelsea buy average priced players but buy them with higher prices than they are really labeled by their previous clubs, but these players end up showing the huge potential they have because Jose Murinho gives them the ideal positions, tactics and game style causing them to play really well as a team rather than individually. He also has a very solid defense and a fast midfield therefore can make a very good use of the counter attacks, and as you can notice a large portion of Chelsea's goals come through counter attacks, also the age range for Chelsea's players is the ideal age, that is 23-27
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Over here they get paid anything from nothing at all to hundreds of thousands of dollars (before perks.)  I don't know off-hand of anyone with a million-dollar salary (maybe Eddie Maguire, but then he is in a different role now).  It is definately less than what you would get in a country like the USA where they have a much bigger population base, more competition etc.
527229
if the person has strong will and superior athletic ability , it may take 6 to 8 years to reach pro level  . but during that time where is the money coming from  for all expenses ?
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An excellent player (Rooney, Ronaldo, Ronaldhino, etc.) will probably start playing top level football at the age of 18/19.  His career, barring major injury, should last until the age of 33/34 although in some cases 35/36.\n\nA good player (usually the rest) will probably break into top level football at the age of 22/23 and should play, on average, for about 7-8 years.\n\nA good goalkeeper can play well into the late 30s, even 40s (Dino Zoff, Oliver Khan, Peter Shilton, etc.) as the physical demands on their bodies is less than an outfield player.