Sports prize money/earnings are crazy.

[Dave7]

The seniors golf was on this weekend. So, not the open etc, just the seniors. The winner got over £425K.
Luke Littler just won the world's darts and ONLY won £125K.
The French footballer (is it Barcola) is apparently after £500K per week AFTER tax.
So.......
Not only crazy but imo there is no rhyme or reason to it.

 

[Reynard]

Well, Aonishiki, the winner of the Nagoya basho (sumo) won a whole cow's worth of beef, a tonne of rice, a year's supply of noodles, a year's supply of beer, a year's supply of macarons and I'm not quite sure how many eggs. Plus I think about £50,000. Forty of that for winning the top division yusho, and ten for winning the technique prize.

 

[fossyant]

TDF winnings are a bit shoot in comparison. Luke Littler and classed as an Athlete.. oh how I laugh.

 

[Beebo]

Not only crazy but imo there is no rhyme or reason to it.

it’s just market forces.
Why do rugby and cricketers get paid comparatively little?
Athletes get hardly anything.
It’s the fans who pay the prize money. No fans, no prize money.

 

[Beebo]

TDF winnings are a bit shoot in comparison. Luke Littler and classed as an Athlete.. oh how I laugh.

Is he an athlete? Probably not. But darts is definitely a sport.
He has a marketable skill which generates income for him and others.

 

[Drago]

TDF winnings are a bit shoot in comparison. Luke Littler and classed as an Athlete.. oh how I laugh.

Dartists are athletes alright.


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[Animo]

I defy anyone who has actually watched the Matchplay this week to say that Littler wasn't worth every penny of his prize money.

 

[N0bodyOfTheGoat]

If people weren't happy to pay so much for live stream subscriptions and/or live attendance, sports wages and prize money wouldn't be anything like as bonkers as it is these days.

 

[Rusty Nails]

 

[Sharky]

I won £3, for 1st handicap in the Saxon RC 50, in 1967.

And I think I had to provide receipts to the value of £3, to claim the prize. It was strictly amateur stuff in those days.

 

[Vapin' Joe]

I won £3, for 1st handicap in the Saxon RC 50, in 1967.

And I think I had to provide receipts to the value of £3, to claim the prize. It was strictly amateur stuff in those days.

A friendly shop would sometimes give you cash and a bogus receipt for some kit. But if you were caught you were declared a professional and that was the end of your career, unless you were actually good enough to turn pro.

 

[Accy cyclist]

According to himself, Chris Woods who was England's second choice goalkeeper at the 1990 World Cup finals in Italy received £1,000 for his only appearance, when he played in the third place play off final. He added that he only got win bonuses and expenses for sitting on the bench during the previous games. How much would England's second choice keepers receive these days I wonder?🤔

 

[Vapin' Joe]

Nothing.

The England players long ago agreed to donate their match fees to charity.

 

[diplodicus]

Nothing.

The England players long ago agreed to donate their match fees to charity.

I didn't know that!!
Every day's a school day

 

[Seevio]

The seniors golf was on this weekend. So, not the open etc, just the seniors. The winner got over £425K.
Luke Littler just won the world's darts and ONLY won £125K.
The French footballer (is it Barcola) is apparently after £500K per week AFTER tax.
So.......
Not only crazy but imo there is no rhyme or reason to it.

Not crazy at all. They earn the money by generating the funds for their employers.