Professional football is a ruthlessly egalitarian sport. Young Mr Rooney doesn't just play it well, he plays it at a level of skill which only a few dozen people in the world can achieve. This 'knuckle dragger', you silly snob, is better at it than you or I will ever be at anything.
£300000 per week
- Thread starter Dangermouse
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Lullabelle
Banana
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- Midlands UK
spot on
Lullabelle
Banana
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- Midlands UK
asterix
Comrade Member
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- Limoges or York
..and if he ceases to perform, I guess he'll be on the way out before you can say 'adios amigo'. Which is a lot tougher than being a top banker.
glenn forger
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Mattonsea
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- New Forest
Just a shame he chokes every time he plays for his country ,not that great is he !!!
Roadhump
Time you enjoyed wasting was not wasted
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- The flatlands of South West Lancs
Football admission fees are excessive at all levels. the local Conference club near me charges £12. I think there are cheaper prices in the ground, but it is too much for me.
Roadhump
Time you enjoyed wasting was not wasted
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- The flatlands of South West Lancs
Possibly.
I have not gone to matches on the occasions when my team have been playing big teams and the entry prices have risen, I refuse to support the greed. Although at times when there is national cup games I do attend if possible. I never claimed to be consistent
If my team was to be taken over by someone with loads of money and success was bought then I reckon I'd stop supporting them. I'd much rather they struggled away in the lower divisions and focussed on developing a community club as they do at present; the board do a great job, and have done for the decades that I have supported the team.
The F.C. United group went down that road when the Glazers took over - fair play to them.
My son works with a Man City fan who says he preferred it when they were struggling year after year than now they have become a trophy purchasing outfit. To be fair to their fans they put up with so much heartache during those years, due to their own dire team and Utd winning everything I can't begrudge them their current status. However, I don't think the achievements that will come their way in the coming years will be as commendable as say Forest in the late 70s, or Everton in the mid 80s when they both came from relative mediocrity and assembled fantastic teams via a combination of a couple of big buys, a decent youth policy and some very shrewd scouting, together with guile, unbreakable team spirit and excellent management, rather than just throw limitless funds at it.
Roadhump
Time you enjoyed wasting was not wasted
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- The flatlands of South West Lancs
I can't really argue that by paying for my season ticket and going to the game I am contributing to the greed, but my conscience is clear. Everton is my home town club, my dad, grandad and some of my uncles and cousins followed them before me (my other grandad followed Liverpool, as do my other uncles and cousins and their club has really been hijacked by the glitzy, money infested fashion accessory world - we are sporting rivals but I feel for them as genuine supporters), I was taken to Goodison from the age of 6 years old. I was here before the mega millionaires and whilst I have no control over the finances, and yes I know we as fins are getting shafted, I feel more like people who have been robbed than ones who have sold their soul. I may be priced out of it one day, i have already been priced out of away games, but while I can still afford to go and watch my team and mix with my like minded friends I will do.
I have never paid for a Sky package though. I consider the people who jumped onto the 1992 Premier League bandwagon and watch via Sky as fashionistas who provide the fuel for the moguls who have hijacked the game.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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- South Manchester
Oi, keep it pleasant folks. Dem the rulz. Or I'll make you watch Stockport County.
Roadhump
Time you enjoyed wasting was not wasted
- Location
- The flatlands of South West Lancs
I have just used my calculator to divide £300,000 by 7, the result is £42,857.14. That is how much Rooney now earns per day...gulp!! Excluding any promotion deals etc.
Most people I know would grasp a yearly wage of that amount without hesitation. Some of the really wealthy people I know might earn 75% of that per month.
Most people I know would grasp a yearly wage of that amount without hesitation. Some of the really wealthy people I know might earn 75% of that per month.
Roadhump
Time you enjoyed wasting was not wasted
- Location
- The flatlands of South West Lancs
My dad's all time Everton hero, Alex Young - the Golden Vision - ended up at Stockport County.
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
...and a heart surgeon has skills most of us will never have, yet does he get £300k per week for saving lives? Be real and come back to earth and reality. Rooney and Co are not worth what they get, get greedy huggers and a waste of space in my world.
swee'pea99
Legendary Member
But the thing is, it entirely depends on what you mean by 'worth'. If you're using it in some kind of ethical sense, there's obviously no 'correct' answer. Who's to say? But in the land where Rooney lives, 'worth' is a matter for the marketplace, period. And as my Dad used to say when I asked him what old Victorian pennies that had come into my possession were worth, 'anything is worth what somebody else is prepared to pay for it'. Somebody has decided that Wayne Rooney is, to them, worth £300,000 a week. So he's worth it.
