Regarding this 'its a long retirement' thing footballers
Why should footballers be assumed to be exempt from having to work once their careers are over? Are they that f**king useless that they can't earn anything afterwards? The rest of us have to spend most of our lives working, so why should we feel sympathy for footballers who have a short but lucrative career? Holt's wages this year alone are ?880,000, last year they must've been not far short of that, and not exactly minimal for a number of years before that, so he must be pretty loaded by now. If, as is suggested below that this is all about extracting another 5k a week, then it seems to me that to hold the club to ransom when you're on nearly a million a year is just greedy quite frankly. If footballers can't survive without the high running costs that the trappings of extreme wealth bring, then that's their problem. 17k a week, *every* week, & that's not enough? Losing a lot of respect here.
Posted By: Kohoutek on May 19th 2012 at 09:25:30
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- Regarding this 'its a long retirement' thing footballers (NCFC) - Kohoutek, May 19, 09:25:30
- Scales of economy innit... (NCFC) - Dandy Highburyman, May 19, 09:32:55
- is that ?880k before or after tax? (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, May 19, 09:42:26
- Before tax I assume but even at the 50% rate, its not a bad income. (NCFC) - Kohoutek, May 19, 09:46:21
- Its plenty to live on now but its also enough to set yourself up to do other things you... (NCFC) - Kohoutek, May 19, 09:40:23
- is that ?880k before or after tax? (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, May 19, 09:42:26
- Scales of economy innit... (NCFC) - Dandy Highburyman, May 19, 09:32:55
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