FOOTBALL GREED - THE CRAZY DEALS

Gareth Bale is Welsh and so am I. He is a very good footballer and he deserves the adulation from his supporters for kicking a football around for a couple of hours per week for Real Madrid in their wonderful stadium in Madrid Spain.

However, Football Clubs who play in the top echelon of Football such as Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United and many others have gone crazy in their support of utter
Gluttonous and sheer Greed footballers.
Gareth Bale has just signed a new 6 year contract with Real Madrid worth £350,000 per week. Let me repeat this figure...
Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand per WEEK AFTER TAX.
Are they mad ?

I believe this kind of money - Rooney gets £250,000 per week at Manchester United - is a disgrace.
I hope that the Government checks closely if these greedy footballers are paying their fair share of tax like the rest of us !
Are they paying 40% tax ? Or, have they taken steps to avoid this level of tax ?
The Inland Revenue should prioritise investigations on these high earners and not the small earners.

Who is responsible for this crazy level of greed ?

Is it the Supporters ? Is it Big Business Sponsorships ?
Is it the Television Companies ? Is it the Agents ?

All I know is that we live in a very unfair World.
Think about this.......
If FIFA and Football Associations throughout the World put limits on Footballer earnings and transfer payments,
Would they lose all these high paid footballers ?
Would supports stay away if teams paid much lower salaries ?

My response is...NO, they would not.

There is another worrying aspect of the current situation.
Teams in the lower Divisions cannot sell their players at such extravagant  levels. They cannot pay these crazy salaries.
It is a vicious circle.
Ask yourself this....If a Surgeon, Teacher, Doctor, Engineer can earn around £100,000 per annum compared with the average wage £26,000 before tax, is it fair or Gluttoness for a footballer to earn £350,000 PER WEEK.

No, No, No........

Attitudes in Society today needs to change. I wonder if Gareth Bates would give £500,000 a year to Charities ?
I wonder if the Top Billionaire Earners in Britain would give
£100 Million of their wealth  to the poor, Great Ormond Street Hospital or NHS Scanner Appeals.
I am sure they give a pittance but they could donate much more.

In my lifetime, I wish that we could live in a Fairer Society.

Certainly Footballers, Bankers and the like have no intention of giving up their fortunes.

What are football Supporters and Shareholders in Banks and Blue Chip companies doing about greed  such as Annual Bonuses of £ Millions, salaries of £250,000 to £600,00, BBC Celebrities earning
£1- £3 Million per annum ?

NOTHING.

STATE PENSION COST INEFFECTIVE INCREASE AT 80 YEARS OF AGE

Whoever makes the decision about increases in the State Pension at 80 years of age, should be admonished and criticised in Public.
I have just been advised by The State Pensions people that at the age of 80, my State Pension will increase by.....25p per week.  Can you believe this ? This is nearly as bad as George Brown's Budget increase in the State Pension of 7p per week some years ago.

The Administrative Cost of making this change far outweighs the new increase.
My advice is to stop this foolish and misery increase.
Any saving in Administrative costs should be reallocated to the NHS Budget.
It will probably pay for a fraction of the gluttonous salaries of the Consultants working in the NHS!