should our prima donna footballers be paid thier hugh, unnessasry salaries if they lose a game?
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!
277223
I asked a similar question a little while ago and gave my opinion there.  Too many prima donnas in the NFL now.\n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ap3y6jZbWBApPgdvsonTpf3sy6IX?qid=1006030103286\n\nPS\nIf I want to watch a girly catfight, I'll watch some rugby there Dr. Evil szubudaj.  With all it's faults, I'll gladly take the NFL.
702448
Unfortunately the performance of the Indian Team is very pathetic of late.   The present situation calls for drastic and harsh action from the Cricket Board.  I strongly feel that as a first step to improve the performance, payment to the players should be linked to their performance instead of graded system presently in force.  Once this is done, players will be forced to leave their complacency and try hard to earn their money by performing better, which ultimately turn around fortune of Indian Team
1013784
$40 000 to referee a game in that manner. Disgraceful. He won't or shouldn't be given another match. FIFA's responsibility, let's see their reaction to his performance.
122694
No.  How else can the officials keep the game moving?  I mean, players would argue every single call.  Also, the officials should be respected -- they are the police of the sport.  Besides, what is $1,000 to a guy who earns millions?  To us it would hurt, to them -- "Who cares?"
336328
absolutely not, its poor sportsmanship!  They should all throw at his head!  Thats a game id pay to see
469891
I think they are. But mainly in the field of baseball. When players go on strike because they are not getting paid what they think they are worth, which in most cases is grossly exaggerated, everybody gets mad. The players because " WE WANT MORE MONEY OR WE DON"T PLAY", the owners because they are losing money, and us fans, because they are getting paid for our entertainment. Every sport should be like football and have a salary cap. Did you know the New York Yankees are worth over 1 billion dollars? Isn't that a bit ridiculous? That's why they are so good. They can buy all their players. But every time they complain they get there way. PRO SPORTS PLAYERS ARE GETTING WAY TOO MUCH MONEY!!!!
1049467
Le problème n'est pas qu'ils soient trop ou pas assez payé. Le football est un business est le joueur un outil. Alors certes ils en profitent bien et touchent des sommes d'argent assez exorbitante. Maintenant le problème, c'est les droits télé, les sponsoring, la publicité, etc...... c'est ça (et puis l'arrêt bosman aussi) qui a fait exploser le prix du foot et donc des joueurs et par conséquent leur salaire. Après, on peut dire ce que l'on veut mais même si leur travail est enviable, il travail (deux entraînements par jours) et puis footballeur professionnel, ça dure 10 à 15 ans maxi. La plus-part ne deviennent pas entraîneur après et on même du mal à se reconvertir, donc l'argent qu'ils auront gagné pendant leur carrière ne sera pas de trop pour pouvoir vivre après le foot. Enfin, les footballeurs font rêver les gens et dans notre société, le rêve ça se paye. Bref, je ne suis pas choqué par le salaire des footballeurs, on vit dans un monde ou il y a de grosses disparités de salaires entre les gens, alors je ne voit pas pourquoi des personnes qui a priori n'étaient pas destiné à un avenir brillant n'auraient pas le droit de gagner beaucoup d'argent.
960775
Yes, most definitely. The increased cost of ticket prices to pay for overpaid overrated players has put a dampener on attendance also. It doesn't feel anything like I used to remember in the 70s/80s singing on the terraces, pity really...
884215
I think you mean 200k, right?\n\nPersonally, to get sports back to the enjoyable pastime that it used to be, I agree, we should lower all salaries to 200k a year. All salaries would be 200k a year, no more superstar salaries. What would this do?\n\n1) Lower ticket prices so people can go watch the sports again.\n2) Lower the concession prices to something better than $10 for a beer and $8 for a hot dog. Crazy.\n3) Athletes can keep sponsorships.\n4) Provide a good retirement and insurance for the players\n\nPut the love back in the game, get rid of all the whining babies from the game and play player that take pride and love the game.
989953
Maybe they're worse than the Togo players, asking for too much money. \n\nRefs got paid $40k per game, apparently ... but maybe they wanted more? hehe ... \n\nAustralia should've got a second penalty against Croatia, the second handsball inside box was clear .. duh ... \nHad they got the second penalty and made it, I didn't need to sweat that much this morning ... lucky my heart's strong enough to watch the drama. Go Aussie!
680347
Yes, they are overpaid...BUT, who pays these guys?  The owners.  Why do they pay them so high?  Because they can!  The owners, especially in Baseball because there is no salary cap, make so much money from the revenue they get from T.V deals, marketing, ticket sales, parking, etc. etc.  Yes it's not fair that military, police, teachers, are not even in a baseball players galaxy in compensation, but the owners pay them.  If your boss was a multi-multi billionaire at your company, and you were at the top level of your craft, wouldn't you think you would be compensated well.  As long as WE THE FAN continue to go to the games and pay enormous prices for everything, that money that we earn, that we in turn give to these teams, will go to the owners checkbooks, which will be deposited into players bank accounts.  It's unfair to us, but that's the world we live in when in comes to professional sports.
471223
Ok heres my view. Celebrities I don't think are over paid. Movie stars are definately not. The work they put into there role is amazing. As for footballers I believe they are stupidly over paid. When you think that people play football for fun the majority of football stars today are only in it for the money and don't even play that great. It get ridiculous, especially if they are supposed to big a fan of the team they are playing for yet want to demand as much money out of there team as possible. Come on the only good players I know are Van Nistleroy, Henry, and Terry.
1040360
No... Because they just give a bonus if they win from their country....... They play football in World Cup..is totally for their country...it like hero...no salary but nasionality
923960
I don't think it will work. It's a very money driven business and there will always be so much money flying around. Clubs would start paing players illegally to keep them at the club. Or pay them in shares, they'd find a loophole.
1118861
yes they should its not fair on the losing team but maybe instead in injury time they could stop the clock for substitutions
570144
Well nothing said of the pay they get but my best guess would be to start issuing team fines for those who don't come to practice. What happens if your team doesn't have 25 players? After all some players might get pissed and quit when they start getting punished for it.