D o you think International stars such as Messi earn far too much money only on running up and down a football pitch and kicking a ball at a target ? How can they live when millions of slaves in Africa are in Poverty and Famine ? Has the world of football gotten out-of-hand ? And why is so much money wasted on one head just to boost their teams ’ performance !
O ne very highly paid football player is Wayne Rooney who earns more cash in a week than an average family does in a year . During this one week he may play only one game of football and train manly with his club-Manchester United-while NBA players ’ play , on average , two to three games per week at a very high intensity level and earn not near enough as he does . We assume , when he is not training he is using this money on an over-priced sports car , gambling most of it down the drain and throwing it around the place . Meanwhile our children presently look on in awe , thinking maybe .... just maybe someday they could be like that guy !
Wayne Rooney ( known as Wazza ) Base Salary : 15.61 Million GBP per annum Endorsements : 6.5 million GBP per annum Total : 22.11 Million GBP per annum