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Salaries and footballers have been discussed for years. Obviously it is a short career, probably maximum of between 12 and 15 years on average. I was thinking about this while walking the dog this morning. Let's say an average championship player (like Jimmy) makes, over his 12 year career an average of 15k per week (a very conservative estimate) plus any bonuses, transfer fees, sponsorship deals. Plus any increased weekly salary during his last 2 or 3 twilight years playing in the U. S. or Saudi etc. So 9.4 million for the 12 years at 15k pw. You can probably add another 2 to 3 million if the player spends some years playing abroad. So around 12million for a 15 year career of just an average player. Of course it is possible for thier career to come to an end through injury, but I imagine these things are covered by the club and the player with insurance. Then take your normal poor working slob who does probably 40 to 45 years before retirement. Maybe an average salary of 70k per an. 45 year working life will make him 3.2 million. So, yep, short career in years but not financially. I know there are other factors like how sensible will an 18 year old be doing what he loves and earning more than half a million a year, but hey we're all responsible for ourselves. OK dog walk finished.
I would imagine that certain people get thier rocks off by trying to make up for thier shortcomings in life by creating a 'bad boy' contrary personnage on some social media platform. They deserve our pity. *
*my opinion only. Not based on any facts that I am privy to.
Behind the eight ball means that you are stuck in an awkward of precarious situation. Like in pool if the ball you want to play is behind the 8 ball and difficult to play without accidently holing the 8 ball also.
I had a look at the Leicester city YouTube channel. They show that the fa cup match is shown live, starts at 1pm. Now I don't know if this is the televised match or just some selected city dorks telling us about the match as they watch it. I'll be checking it out.
I called the pensions office on the 10th of October to ask how much I would need to pay to top my pension up to 100%, I am short by 7 years. They told me they would send me an email with the details. After receiving no email after 6 weeks I rang again, they said that my request is on my file and because they are so over worked email responses can take 6 to 10 weeks. This Thursday is 12 weeks and still nothing. The difference between my pension and the full pension is about 44 pounds per week. So depending on how much I need to pay to top up will make up my mind if I do it or not. If you want I'll let you know how much I have to pay for the 7 years, so may help your friends decide.
I can confirm that Jimmy will indeed play tonight. The photo on the QPR WhatsApp channel shows that he's had his hair done, a la Spandau Ballet, for the Sky cameras tonight. What else to do with a free Saturday afternoon.
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