96
% of those interviewed consider professional soccer players earn excessive
amounts. What the
majority of people find unfair is the fact that there are such disparities of
salary between for example an average soccer player and an ordinary employee. Is
the soccer player responsible
for these disparities? Like a movie star or singer, I
think a soccer player is paid as much as his qualities deserve…
Soccer
is one of the most competitive jobs in the world. Millions of young people
dream of becoming a soccer star, but only very few are chosen. The unemployment
rate is very high in the world of soccer, twice as high as in the world of ordinary
work. A soccer player has obligations, a strict diet, a lifestyle
which must be blameless,
training twice a day and almost no holidays. Plus, it is very complicated to
have a normal family life. Injuries can have an impact on his professional
life, and a career lasts only
between 10 and 15 years. 50 % of the European soccer players finish low on cash just
5 years after
having retired.
People
hear only about the stars who get fantastic wages (over €1 million a month), but
these are very few. Salaries start at €2,100… The various soccer authorities are
looking for solutions to these wage disparities ("Fair Play Financier"
or "salary cap"
like in the United States).
From
my point of view, soccer stars deserve their high earnings. Do they not make us
dream every week-end?
Links:
http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/sport/pourquoi-les-footballeurs-sont-ils-si-bien-payes_1501346.html
http://www.ipaf-paris.fr/footballeurs-sont-ils-trop-payes/
Raphaël BERNARD wants to be a professional football player.
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