• Question: How come footballers get payed hundreds of thousands of pounds of money for kicking a ball around but at the same time nurses and doctors save peoples lifes every day n get payed not much at all :S?

    Asked by biggiesmalls to Dean, Jess, Luisa, Sian on 23 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Sian Foch-Gatrell

      Sian Foch-Gatrell answered on 23 Jun 2010:

      I guess its because of the fan base… if no one enjoyed watching football the footballers would not be able to demand so much money, same goes for movie stars

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      Dean Whittaker answered on 23 Jun 2010:

      That’s the principle of capitalism – people are willing to pay lots of money to go and see football games and lots of people watch it on TV so they get money for adverts. People will become Doctors and Nurses without much pay because they want to do it. It’s not fair, but it’s the best we got!

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      Luisa Ostertag answered on 23 Jun 2010:

      That’s a question I am aksing myself quite often too. I guess the football players risk their health and kind of give everything for the sport. Also they are public persons, which brings many disadvantages (always been followed by paparazis, hard to get privte life etc).

      But I agree, doctors and nurses do a much more important and essential job. Probably there is way too many of them to get them the same amount of money.

      ALso doctors and nurses don’t have sponsors – a lot of the big footbaal players advertise products and get payed loads for that.

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      Jessica Housden answered on 23 Jun 2010:

      it is supply and demand – people pay lots of money for football, there is lots of advertising associated and so the costs are driven up. It’s pretty crazy but remember that there is value to leisure such as football. Having said that, for most people, job satisfaction is worth an enormous amount – people spend so much time working it is really important to enjoy it and believe what you are doing is right, which I imagine, nurses, doctors, teachers etc will feel.

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