Championship players will still be earning well into 6 figures, or low 7 figures per year for the best of them (even some of our more promising youngsters will be into 6 figures... imagine having that as an 18 year old). Equivalent pay in a "normal" career, you would normally need to be at executive level in a multinational.
If only I'd been blessed with footballing talent.
Something more relatable for us normal folk might be League 2 level.
Average player annual earnings (gross):
EPL £3m
Championship £482,000
L1 £247,000
L2 £113,000
Football League wages sustained in part by parachute monies for some clubs, for many others through ludicrous business models. For example:
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