(04-07-2015 22:53 )babelover48 Wrote:  Hope Rooney and the rest of the over paid England male team were watching and I bet their over paid asses they've hated BEING SHOWN HOW IT'S DONE by some of the best talented sportswomen EVER!! No team has worked harder than these ladies it is just brilliant that they matched & played the no.1 women's team, of the park!! They thoroughly deserve the red carpet treatment coming home!!! they may have not won the world cup but they have shown that you don't need massive pay packets & big headed egos to achieve what you want, to some people they may have under achieved, but its the way they have worked, the way they have picked themselves up in 72 hours to face possibly a bigger test than the final itself and with sheer work commitment and sheer bloody mindedness they have pulled off a history making victory and have given the national sport a massive shot in the arm and a massive boost for women's football now they deserve to have their home fixtures at Wembley for the next four years!!

(05-07-2015 06:57 )Black Cat Wrote:  There are other professions where the top performers get silly money for not doing much (actors and singers for example) but they don't get the same level of stick.

(05-07-2015 10:02 )cosmonaut Wrote:  

(05-07-2015 06:57 )Black Cat Wrote:  There are other professions where the top performers get silly money for not doing much (actors and singers for example) but they don't get the same level of stick.

Indeed. Leonardo Di Caprio was paid as much as $25m for appearing in a single film. Perhaps babelover48 can tell us whether this amounts to being overpaid or not? And in music U2 are said to have earned $195m last year, so perhaps babelover48 can give us his thoughts on that? Chef Gordon Ramsey earned $60m last year - it takes Wayne Rooney 3 years to earn that much and some England players probably 8 years or so.

(05-07-2015 10:56 )William H Bonney Wrote:  With all this talk about pay, it's worth pointing out that England's women players actually earn more than England's men for international duty. For many years now the FA have made a donation to charity for every match that England's men play, in lieu of pay to the players, whereas the England women internationals are on central contracts and are paid £20,000 a year. Since the men are only playing for the privilege of representing England, if anyone's overpaid it must be the women.