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[–] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

I think some of this is related to radio, tv and internet too. Before radio few people could follow a game live so the audience, or at least live emotional audience, is a lot smaller and that's pretty aligned to profit. Or put another way, if every Messi or Taylor Swift fan gave 50c every year they'd be filthy rich but that was harder to acheive before radio with things being more local.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

    A friend shared this a month or so ago and I haven't been able to check how accurate it is but apparently its soccer player wages in 1999:

    Highest soccer earners in 1999

    That was a lot of money at the time, but even adjusting for inflation it really doesn't seem to be the fuckoff money they get now

    Edit: I read these as annual but leaving this here to showcase my folly

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago* (3 children)

    I mean, that's per week, and after tax... Seems like a shitload of money to me.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    🤦‍♂️ I missed it was per week. I'll go hide somewhere now

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