Such A Relief..

[jomifl]

that Wayne Rooney is assured of being paid £300,000 per week for the next 5 1/2 years. Nice to see that we haven't lost our sense of humour.

[askyourgran]

Wouldn't be as bad if he was lovely looking with a fantastic bod. Chuck him down a coal mine and then see if he's worth 300k.

[ELVIS68]

Well he got a £30k hair weave with his last pay rise, perhaps he'll get a perma tan with this one

[237SJ]

So if he was a good looking bloke, do you think he should be earning £300,000 per week?

[Hopkirk]

I bet his accountants ensure he doesn't pay top tax rate.

Hopefully though they don't pretend he is a second hand car dealer.

[pixie373]

Total waste of money, imo.

[Hopkirk]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/26297943

[tamborine]

Tax exile......that shoves him out of Uk ;)

[jomifl]

Sqad, I think Emmie was trying to draw a comparison between the value placed on a useful member of society and the value placed on Wayne Rooney.

[Zacs-Master]

A valuable member of society could be classed as someone who brings pleasure to millions.

[Gromit]

Football is a privately run entertainment business. It is not funded by the taxpayer, so we cannot really complain about its wage structure. Rooney's services are valued at £15.6million. Presumably the people paying that must calculate his worth in terms of income he will generate, and have concluded he is worth it.

Manchester United earned £363 million last year, so they can easily afford £15.6million.

Premiership Clubs combined genered £2.5billion annually (2010).

The Premier League TV rights earn £1.7billion (£1billion for uk broadcast rights).

There is a lot of money in this business, and valued players and managers are handsomely paid.

[ChillDoubt]

Laughable.

I always marvel at the ridiculous amounts football fans will pay to see their idols 'perform'.

No doubt in a month or so when things aren't going well for him we'll hear how 'under pressure' he is.
And in the same week that an England legend who fought for his country first, then played football for it, sadly passed away having earned a pittance in comparison. Be nice if such sportsmen could spend a month or so in Afghanistan or similar before a season in order to feel real 'pressure'.

The greed of footballers is disgraceful, yet their wages pale into insignificance when one sees what a sponsor will pay them.

[jomifl]

/A valuable member of society could be classed as someone who brings pleasure to millions/
Could be but possibly is not.