Samuel Eto'o, has taken a £10 million ($15.5 million) pay cut to join English Premier Leaguegiants Chelsea, after completing a move from Russian side Anzhi Makhachkala. Eto'o rocked football headlines by joining Anzhi a few yearsago on wages of about £350,000 ($542, 510) a week, as he
became the stand-out earner in world footballduring his time with the Russian giants
messi,bale and christian ronaldo all earn above that just by
bringing untold joy to millions of fans every season, just by twirling his feet around at great speed
do they really deserve the pay?However, should Messi be paid more than a nurse or a firefighter or a journalist? Okay, so perhaps he deserves to pick up a slightly bigger pay packet than a hack journo, but what about the other two, whose job is it to keep people alive? Shouldn’t ensuring others’ survival be worth more than running round a football pitch every few days? Don’t they and others deserve to be paid somewhere nearer Messi’s multi-million salary?
What about proffessors who spend years on research?
What of other professions?
became the stand-out earner in world footballduring his time with the Russian giants
messi,bale and christian ronaldo all earn above that just by
bringing untold joy to millions of fans every season, just by twirling his feet around at great speed
do they really deserve the pay?However, should Messi be paid more than a nurse or a firefighter or a journalist? Okay, so perhaps he deserves to pick up a slightly bigger pay packet than a hack journo, but what about the other two, whose job is it to keep people alive? Shouldn’t ensuring others’ survival be worth more than running round a football pitch every few days? Don’t they and others deserve to be paid somewhere nearer Messi’s multi-million salary?
What about proffessors who spend years on research?
What of other professions?