Exactly.
Tom Cruise got paid $70m for Mission: Impossible, Ghost Protocol. Now you might consider that movie to be a steaming pile of arse-sputum, and that Tom Cruise is a talentless gimp. But that film went on to make $695m worldwide, so surely its only right that the lead actor rakes in a...
Broadcasters, advertisers and sponsors are pouring BILLIONS into the game nowadays, so why should the players not hoover up a large chunk of that money ?
Interesting that if fans alone had to cover the cost of the players salaries in the EPL, then each ticket would cost £111.
With my season ticket I'm paying £32 per game, minus a fiver for travel so £27. Bargain.