Madonna fall

Saying it's simple to kick a ball and therefore Beckham doesn't 'deserve' to be paid lots of money for doing it well is equivalent to saying that anyone can cut open another person, therefore surgeons are overpaid, or that anyone can sing and therefore <insert name of favourite singer> is overpaid.

A nonsensical argument that would be laughable coming from the average 10 year-old.

 

This is the epicentre of nonsensical arguments, Joe.

 

I believe that - the amount of time you're on here!!

 

If you come out with bold statements on things then people may think you are some sort of expert. Put them on a forum and people who disagree will challenge them.

Wrong, it is relevent whether you are good or not. That is one of the points I have been making. That is why people like Beckham earn big money. But it only a few who earn Beckham size money.

In this country top players are earning over £100,000 a week. That's over £5.2 million a year. I understand that the average wage in the priemiership is £20,000 a week.

If you look at the lower divisions there players who earn less than £20000 a year.

If skill was not important, I would've been a footballer.

At the end of the day, Victoria Beckham was made her money in the spice girls. She made that much money that she has a place in the richest persons in the UK list. She doesn't really need to do anything. But being married to David Beckham also helps.

Kim Wilde made a her fame and money in the 80s as we all know. That was 20 years ago. Music biz changes so she won't be latest thing. She has always had an interest in gardening. With the money she has made from her career, she has moved into the world of gardening. What's wrong with that. She still does the odd gig every now and then.

Some ex stars go back into normal life, some go into a slippery slope, some go onto equal or bigger things, some live off their pop star earnings and investments and some carry on performing.

I think I have a copy of this somewhere, might try a dig it out and have a look at it.

Well you better start walking round with lots of sick bags then. A lot of people earn big money. That's life. If you want more money, you need to do something about it. For example, if binmen wants more money, they can

1) ask their bosses for a pay rise,
2) Take industrial action for better pay,
3) Or find a better paid job.

It boils down to how people in the money view their employees. How much do they think they are worth and how little they can pay them.

SCIDB

 

Hmmph - well, I must concede the argument now after what Joe said Should have thought about THAT one

I still find it pretty sick (pass the bag!) that Beckham gets that much though, when doctors, nurses and teachers, to mention just a few, get paid squat for what they do. I get fairly well paid for what I do (but still can't buy a property) so I'm not THAT whingey re wages - it just seems stupid to me that an overgrown schoolboy gets paid that much to kick a ball around.

Actually, I read that binmen get paid fairly well for their work, due to antisocial hours etc. Not sure exactly HOW well paid, but it's supposed to be fairly decent hourly rates...

BTW - Richard E Grant is pretty good in that Spice Girls movie

 

That's true dom, but what is it again you do? Apart from surf the web and go to the pub??? Its money for nothing if ya ask me ! Don't know what your complaining about your the highest earner our of our group. Just ribbing

You "can" buy a property Dom, you just can't do it on your own, but that's a subject for anohter day.

 

Indeed. As the mighty HMHB sing:

'I should have just got a job on the bins
The pay's better and I know some hard blokes
And I wouldn't have to pretend
That I know what 'rhetorical' means.

Half Man Half Biscuit, 'A Lark Descending'

 

Well, if they'd GIVE us some work... I'd much rather be busy actually DOING work, but since everything has to be approved, singed for, gone through "correct procedures" etc, we either have no work at all or a huge backlog. It really winds me up.

Ergo I *can't* buy a property; I'm not buying with friends, and since I've not found a woman stupid enough to go out with me, then no, I can't buy. Simple. Let's not go there.