Soccer Crazy

Hi,

It is now the transfer window for the Barclays Premier League 2011/12 season, where teams get to buy and sell players in preparation for the new season. This transfer season has been open for very long already and I have followed it everyday, being a hard-core soccer fan. Many players have already left their old clubs in search for better football clubs, but the gastronomical prices that the players cost really make me wonder why football players are worth so much. Many players also earn a lot, with top players like Wayne Rooney earning around $250,000 a week, which means that he can be a multi-millionaire in just a matter of months.

There are many reasons why players cost so much. Soccer is the most popular sport in the world, with millions of people subscribing to sports channels and thousands of fans going down to the stadium to watch the match live, regardless of the fact that TV rights and ticket prices both cost a lot. Fans just want to get the pleasure of watching their team win and even go to the extent of wanting to experience the atmosphere in the stadium. Furthermore, many clubs are owned by rich business men, who are willing to pump in a lot of money to contribute to the cash flow of the club. Therefore, professional clubs earn a lot of money every year and can afford the transfer fees of new players and the high players' wages.

Although I agree that the transfer season is one of the aspects that make soccer very interesting because it enhances the quality of the teams and hence the competitiveness of the league, I think that spending such huge prices is quite unfair because it only allows clubs with rich owners to buy better players, which will ultimately allow them to perform better in the league, thus earning more prize money and the cycle goes on and on. Therefore, I hope that a cap is introduced to limit clubs to have an equal budget during the transfer season so that every team has an equal opportunity to improve the team's quality. Furthermore, I also feel that soccer players should not be paid such high wages because all they do is just to play soccer competitively and help their team to glory. This means a large amount of money has to be dedicated to football leagues. I think that a football player should be paid less, because they do not deserve to get so much money. Therefore, I feel that the wages should be cut down and the extra money be given to charity, so that a larger amount of people can benefit.

In conclusion, although I am an avid soccer fan, I feel critical towards all the clubs that spend so much money because this money can be dedicated for better uses like donating to the charity so that the society can benefit from football as well.