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Why did the salaries change from 1960s-2017?
There was a time in history when players earnings were capped ice they were not allowed to earn over a certain amount the most a player could earn was 20 pounds a week jimmy hill campaigned in the 60s to have this rule changed he was successful in doing so and now players can earn whatever they are worth. Jimmy hill was well known player manager coach and practically everything else you could think of in football. He was on a football show called match of the day and has written some great selling novels jimmy died at the age of 87 on December the 19th 2015 but he has done a lot of things to help develop football in the UK.
The graph below shows that the wage from 1961 - 2010 and how …show more content…
The maximum wage of a footballers in 1961 was 20 pounds a week and when England won the world cup they got a total amount of 1000 pounds for winning and now days the English footballers get paid 1500 dollars a match and Wayne Rooney signed a contract for Manchester united when he was 18 and it was worth 50,000 pounds a week. The top players in 1970 were earning up 12,000 to 15,000 dollars a year.
Players like Pele in the 70s earned around 40,000 a week so they are not getting 525,000 per week like Neymar from psg. People in the 50s 60s and 70s did not get big money and did not go around buying expensive houses expensive cars and expensive things like jets. Legendary footballers in the olden days were not earning anywhere near what average footballers earn today. pele earned a Net Worth Estimated at $100 Million. Neymar can play for 5 years and earn 225 million …show more content…
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