Another reason, and most people would agree with this point is that players get paid insanely high wages just so they can kick a piece of leather around on some grass. Footballs no longer about enjoying the beautiful game but about sponsorships and extremely high wages. A lot of people would like to see their wages cut or like to send a football star out to do an honest days work to see if they would survive
On the other hand, money is a means of living it’s a necessity. If a player has skills and entertains people then they deserve to earn a good living. Footballers train hard all the time, travel the world for matches and can be under a lot of stress to win a match; therefore a high wage is needed to complement this. Money is not spoiling the game but it makes it even more spectacular. Look at Real Madrid, they have the most expensive players in the world and they play the most spectacular football ever. Being able to buy the best footballers costs money, but clubs will make this back in the long run, when the team becomes more successful and powerful.
However, some fans or people may think money is spoiling the beautiful game. Firstly, fans watching players who earn millions of pounds and then not giving their best can bring violence into football, as fans can use these reasons to fight with another teams fans. Secondly, there are some cases, like Italian giant Firoentina, when too much money was invested in the club; it then eventually ruined the pride of Florence. Thirdly, football is not a business it is only a game and I feel a bit disappointed because in the last ten years people are increasingly talking about money in football that and forgetting about the more important aspects such as beautiful goals, nice moves and funny situations. At the end of the day, football is only a game and not some sort of moneymaking business.
Another point is that if you look at the Scottish Premiership to see the detrimental effect that money can have. No one even contemplates playing for the smaller teams because of the stigma that goes with it, and as a result the Scottish Premiership has become a two horse race (Celtic and Rangers). The problem has got so bad that there has been talk of moving the topside into the English Premiership. Also the English National side among others must suffer in the long run due to lack of investment in the native player at top-level games.
On the other hand some people agree that football players should get paid something. Look at rap stars out there, they make more than football players do and all they do is record songs. At least football player work, sweat and challenge themselves for eighty thousand a week.
Furthermore, to keep an organisation running, you need money. In competition where no rules are set for a ceiling on wages etc, no one will really stop at trying to get the best players. To get the best players, they have to spend a lot of money. Transfer fees for clubs are insanely high, and players seeing that, feel that the club should be entailed to a proportion of that transfer for his salary, as they must see him that valuable. With more TV deals, and higher marketing, there are more clubs spending more and more, players receiving more and more and the gap between the rich and poor clubs keep increasing. The players are not at fault for receiving that much, the clubs should be more responsible for helping it reach that high. The more revenue they want, the more willing they would be on spending.
I conclude that football players do need a bit of money to maintain the high standard of entertainment, however when too much is given some people abuse that and bring the game into disrepute.
