It's being reported that Wayne Rooney has signed a deal paying him up to ÂĢ300,000 per week.
Even as a fan of football I find these salaries crazy, esepcially when I start to think about how many struggle along every day.
I fully understand that it's market forces which produces salary levels like this but I do wish we could have a cap on them.
You can read the story here : http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26287482
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its stupid
NOBODY needs that amount of money
over a million a month!
i spent ÂĢ80 in argos today & nearly fainted
Wages have gone crazy. It needs a crash to correct it, like house prices.
Blame Jimmy Hill. It was him who all those years ago who campaigned for wage caps to be lifted 
David Moyes and Wayne Rooney spotted in contract negotiations...
PMSL! Pirate! 
It's being reported that Wayne Rooney has signed a deal paying him up to ÂĢ300,000 per week.
Even as a fan of football I find these salaries crazy, esepcially when I start to think about how many struggle along every day.
I fully understand that it's market forces which produces salary levels like this but I do wish we could have a cap on them.
You can read the story here : http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26287482
Obscene was exactly my thought when I heard it EC! Personally I find it disgusting that anyone gets paid these huge salaries just for kicking a ball around a field
it might be a bit justified if England ever got near to winning a cup-but we dont
it might be a bit justified if England ever got near to winning a cup-but we dont
But then, there are some that say he doesn't pull his weight on the England field 
it might be a bit justified if England ever got near to winning a cup-but we dont
But then, there are some that say he doesn't pull his weight on the England field
I'd be one of them.
it might be a bit justified if England ever got near to winning a cup-but we dont
But then, there are some that say he doesn't pull his weight on the England field
i really dont know so much about football
OH is a villa fan as is everyone round here
the local pub is a villa pub
im not really bothered
all i know is England are shite & are overpaid
so why do people think rooney dont play the game for England?
it might be a bit justified if England ever got near to winning a cup-but we dont
But then, there are some that say he doesn't pull his weight on the England field
i really dont know so much about football
OH is a villa fan as is everyone round here
the local pub is a villa pub
im not really bothered
all i know is England are shite & are overpaid
so why do people think rooney dont play the game for England?
He just doesn't seem to be as prolific for England as he is for Utd. Apparently he goes 'missing' on the England field
But.....that could also be the players around him
This makes my blood boil.
Former Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles has apologised for his part in a ÂĢ1million tax scheme that saw him pose as a second-hand car dealer in order to claim expenses, a tribunal has found.
A published judgment from the Tax Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal named Moyles and two other men as having taken part in the "working with wheels" deal, which counted "450 fund managers, celebrities and other high earners between 2006 and 2008" as members.
The scheme allowed members to claim that they had incurred large fees by working as second-hand salesmen, which they could then claim back against their own tax bills.
Moylesâ self-assessment tax return for the financial year ending on 5 April 2008 â while he was still a presenter on BBC Radio Oneâs Breakfast Show â claimed that the DJ "had engaged in self-employment as a used car trader".
Moyles did not give evidence himself at the tribunal, but he did submit a "brief witness statement".
Judge Colin Bishopp described the evidence as "very brief and rather uninformative".
"It is however quite clear from the statement that he too entered the scheme for no purpose other than to achieve a tax saving, and that he took no interest in the trade," the judgement said.
It added that Moyles was "anxious to be reassured that the scheme was lawful, and that he would not have to undertake any trading himself".
It also detailed that his accountant, Mr Smith, had "agreed that the scale of Moylesâs borrowing was driven solely by the amount of the tax loss he wanted to achieve, in his case ÂĢ1 million, and that the trading was not carried on for its own sake but was merely a means to an end".
Exchequer Secretary David Gauke said: "This case is another example of why taxpayers should not fall for the promises of promoters selling schemes that are all too often too good to be true.
"Not only will the taxpayer waste money on the fees for these failed schemes, they will still have to pay all the tax, interest and penalties that are due.
"This Government has provided HMRC with the resources to tackle these avoidance schemes and HMRC will now pursue the other users of the scheme to make sure all the taxes that are due are paid."
And they chased me for ÂĢ820 that I'm still paying off, four years later......cos they moved the goal posts!!
And they chased me for ÂĢ820 that I'm still paying off, four years later......cos they moved the goal posts!!
It makes me so feckin mad .
And they chased me for ÂĢ820 that I'm still paying off, four years later......cos they moved the goal posts!!
It makes me so feckin mad .
Me too! I prolly could've paid it off sooner but no.....they're not getting it any sooner 
And they chased me for ÂĢ820 that I'm still paying off, four years later......cos they moved the goal posts!!
It makes me so feckin mad .
Me too! I prolly could've paid it off sooner but no.....they're not getting it any sooner
Give them the minimum possible who cares if it takes you a lifetime to pay it back
And they chased me for ÂĢ820 that I'm still paying off, four years later......cos they moved the goal posts!!
It makes me so feckin mad .
Me too! I prolly could've paid it off sooner but no.....they're not getting it any sooner
Give them the minimum possible who cares if it takes you a lifetime to pay it back
It just overshoots it by about 97p owed by the time we're prolly about to be made redundant at the end of this year 
And they chased me for ÂĢ820 that I'm still paying off, four years later......cos they moved the goal posts!!
It makes me so feckin mad .
Me too! I prolly could've paid it off sooner but no.....they're not getting it any sooner
Give them the minimum possible who cares if it takes you a lifetime to pay it back
It just overshoots it by about 97p owed by the time we're prolly about to be made redundant at the end of this year
Scarey times ahead .
And they chased me for ÂĢ820 that I'm still paying off, four years later......cos they moved the goal posts!!
It makes me so feckin mad .
Me too! I prolly could've paid it off sooner but no.....they're not getting it any sooner
Give them the minimum possible who cares if it takes you a lifetime to pay it back
It just overshoots it by about 97p owed by the time we're prolly about to be made redundant at the end of this year
Scarey times ahead .
Yup. and to make it more odd......I work with the unemployed
We are seeing peeps who've been on the work programme for two years and have finished there.........they come to us......without a CV...WTF have they been doing for two years!!
I went on that link thinking it was about your work situation and it was talking about Wayne Rooney
I went on that link thinking it was about your work situation and it was talking about Wayne Rooney
Oops! It should be about 'genuine' peeps who have been put out of work and claiming benefits rather than 'the others'
I went on that link thinking it was about your work situation and it was talking about Wayne Rooney
Oops! It should be about 'genuine' peeps who have been put out of work and claiming benefits rather than 'the others'
went back on and it's Ned from Blackpool talking about the juice diet ( he lost 7 and a half stone if you must know) .
PMSL! Scrap that link then They've obviously moved on
I've stopped listening now.......I've wound meself up too much
A less lucrative contract than the one Jennifer Aniston had on Friends more than a decade ago.
A less lucrative contract than the one Jennifer Aniston had on Friends more than a decade ago.
Yes, massive salaries/contracts have been common in Tinseltown for many, many years. It staggers me when I hear actors can demand ÂĢ20M, ÂĢ30M or more for a film. In recent years TV seems to have developed a higher stays in the US and what actors earn has gone hand in hand with this.
Edit: Yes I also think these massive payoffs for actors are obscene. On each film there will be a lot more people payed a hell of a lot less.
