How to justify paying somebody (not just Beckham mind, I'm not singeling him out..) £100.000 plus is beyond me.

Then don't say "Bend it like Beckham" for nothing, Alan!

e - A or b or c=North Sydney Rabbitohs
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Does soccer have a salary cap like the NFL and NBA?

Still waiting for some kind of explanation as to what skill is actually requitred for rugby -I HATE this 'sport'....

Still waiting for some kind of explanation as to what skill is actually requitred for rugby -I HATE this 'sport'....

Don't get me wrong, I'm not on a crusade against high earning footballers. Or Basketball players or baseball players etc etc. Like I mentioned to, the market forces can't realy be argued with.
What I'm trying to express is how I can't really fathom how the balance got so for out of tilt. Football is probably the only game where the balance between the fans and the players is so far out, espescially in relating to what they actually do. Compare rugby, which is a much harder game (physicaly and tacticaly) but where players are not paint such silly wages.

Golf players earning millions. Fair enough, golf is always been more of an upper-class game. And golf players only get paid if they win, not just for being in the team, even if on the bench or injured. If a golf or tennis player injures himself his earnings dive (much like a Portugees footballer..I'm not bitter.) And lets be fair, it does take a lot more skill to hit a 'little white ball' iin to a hole only just bigger than said ball, than it takes to put a large white ball in to a very big goal. I mean just compare the size of goal in football and hockey... How can you not score in football?? :-)

As for Schuie and all, would you potentially kill your self at 200 MPH for anything less? Mind you, if you want to watch exciting racing, try Touringcar racing...

Cheers
Henk

Interestingly except for the worlds of Pro-Baseball and Golf, professional atheleticism is virtually unheard of in Japan. The Japanese team got $350 each for their entire world cup trip. Most factory workers indeed make more than that per week.

But! This is actually quite detrimental to sport, it means that atheletes need to have real jobs, leaving less time for training and obviously reducing skill and talent pool (more money attracts more people increasing the chance of finding gifted performers).
A good example is the Japanese Baseball team, highly paid, highly talented world champions vs. the Japanese (you guessed it) soccer team, poorly paid coming home first round (although getting there in the first place is an achievement........)

So:

(A)Big$$+(b)discipline+(c)talent=(D)good sport

D - A or b or c=(e)mediocre sport

e - A or b or c=North Sydney Rabbitohs
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Still waiting for some kind of explanation as to what skill is actually requitred for rugby -I HATE this 'sport'....

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actually, a lot! i won't go into details but to mention this: diving in soccer is nothing compared to the Hopoate Manouvre!
although that really required some skill and accuracy...

Rugby much harder game? They have harder heads that's about all!

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Still waiting for some kind of explanation as to what skill is actually requitred for rugby -I HATE this 'sport'....

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actually, a lot! i won't go into details but to mention this: diving in soccer is nothing compared to the Hopoate Manouvre!
although that really required some skill and accuracy...

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Ah good old Hopa! May his fingers forever smell funny..........

Rugby requires skills including the ability to throw and catch a ball while running (much harder than using one's feet) the ability to kick a ball between two posts of roughly soccer width from up to 50m away. The ability to work as a coordinated team in scrums etc.

The list goes on but right now SWMBO demands lunch!

It's a hell of a lot harder to controll a ball with your feet than with your hands,

Hmmmm, Jonah the Whale vs. The Beckster.......... hehehe