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...With the influx of foreign cash and foreign players, shrewd plutocrats from foreign lands seek to expand their bank accounts. Insatiable player-millionaires demand astronomical remuneration. While the world-class players introduced by foreign investors attract the eye in a dazzling fashion, such cash cannot be justified. The Premier League clubs banked by billionaires stay at the top of the rankings while mediocre clubs that businessmen deem unprofitable remain at the bottom. Li Xiang, SINGAPORE...
...Inflating Football Salaries I was flabbergasted to learn the sum of sponsorship money pocketed annually by the Premier League, National Basketball Association and National Football League [May 21]. The salaries of top players are augmented the same way. The majority of us would take a lifetime to make the amount of money these players earn in just one week. It is truly astonishing. I wonder whether they deserve such large sums. Wouldn't the money be better spent combatting poverty, global warming, aids? The list goes on and on. Lee Boon Siew, Kuala Lumpur...
...offer two simple reasons that Britain's Premier League is dominating. Football is the world's sport, and English is the world's language. Justin Eckl, Pusan, South Korea...
...group that might suffer most from doing away with the G-8 is the protesters, who would lose the premier platform for voicing their muddled dissent. And maybe that wouldn't be such a good thing. Beneath the confused thinking are some real issues that deserve a public forum. For example, the man on the go-go stilts, Berlin teacher Tony Mueller, 33, is campaigning for less restrictive policies for asylum seekers in Germany. And maybe someday the baby-floating artists at Dropping Knowledge will find a masterpiece more effective in convincing people to care about Africa...
...Inflating Football Salaries I was flabbergasted to learn the sum of sponsorship money pocketed annually by the Premier League, National Basketball Association and National Football League [May 7]. The salaries of top players are augmented the same way. The majority of us would take a lifetime to make the amount of money these players earn in just one week. It is truly astonishing. I wonder whether they deserve such large sums. Wouldn't the money be better spent combatting poverty, global warming, AIDS? The list goes on and on. Lee Boon Siew, KUALA LUMPUR...