It’s “useful” in that it generates a lot of cash

So many people like watching football so much that more and more of them are prepared to pay more and more and more money to watch it.

That inevitably increases the wages of those who create such a valuable product.

Posted By: Old Git on February 11th 2019 at 18:54:27

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£400k a week for a player which the average Joe has never heard of (NCFC) - ingi, Feb 11, 18:07:22
- Think of all the tax he will have to (NCFC) - Jumbo1, Feb 11, 19:32:42
  - he'll probably get some additional cash in via sponsorships and kit endorsements etc (NCFC) - Tombs, Feb 11, 19:36:48
    - If not we could always do a crowd funding site or arrange a food bank visit (n/m) (NCFC) - Jumbo1, Feb 11, 19:38:09
      - i've got a box of russian caravan tea he can have (NCFC) - Tombs, Feb 11, 19:45:03
        
        It’s the thought that counts (NCFC) - Jumbo1, Feb 11, 19:47:47
- Ramsey is a first class midfielder. (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Feb 11, 18:33:14
  - He’s decent enough but it’s disgusting these guys are being paid these sums (NCFC) - Jim, Feb 11, 18:44:17
    - It’s “useful” in that it generates a lot of cash (NCFC) - Old Git, Feb 11, 18:54:27
      - it's also a useful way of creating a lot of working class and/or ethnic minority (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 11, 19:10:51
      - It’s not really them though is it. We’d watch it whoever was playing (NCFC) - Jim, Feb 11, 19:01:54
        
        Of course it doesn’t stem from them originally (NCFC) - Old Git, Feb 11, 19:08:47
        
        I know you are right but I just wish it wasn’t so (NCFC) - Jim, Feb 11, 19:29:29
        
        Absolutely (NCFC) - Old Git, Feb 11, 19:37:04
    - The average pay for a Care Worker is £7.36 per hour (NCFC) - Yurik Hunt, Feb 11, 18:53:32
      - I mean £7.71 (n/m) (NCFC) - Yurik Hunt, Feb 11, 18:54:57
        
        But the minimum wage is going up soon (n/m) (NCFC) - Jumbo1, Feb 11, 19:11:59
    - Better skills than Gemma Collins (n/m) (NCFC) - Jumbo1, Feb 11, 18:50:38
  - He’s had a lot of bad luck with injuries hasn’t he? (NCFC) - Old Git, Feb 11, 18:35:57
    - yeah, he has. Maybe that's partly why. (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Feb 11, 18:53:07
- If the average Joe hasn't heard of a regular Arsenal midfielder (NCFC) - norway, Feb 11, 18:10:10
  - Who is he? Is he foreign? (n/m) (NCFC) - Men without hats, Feb 11, 19:23:04
  - Who are Arsenal? (n/m) (NCFC) - Jumbo1, Feb 11, 19:06:11

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