Quote Originally Posted by Sir C View Post
No one seems to have yet mentioned to these maniacs that male footballer's salaries are paid in accordance with the money generated by men's football. If the same parameters were to be applied to women's 'football' they'd be paid 5p. (How come they get paid at all?)
This, of course, is the great irony. They are only able to become 'professional' by virtue of being pretty much entirely funded by the successful and popular male game. I'd probably get banned from the Guardian website (again) if I pointed that out on there, though.