Should nurses be paid more than footballers.
By Memnon
@Memnon (2170)
July 18, 2010 7:04am CST
Quite a few sports fans might disagree with me. There was a discussion in a local paper, and most people seemed to think that teachers, soldiers, nurses and the police should be paid more.
A lot said that footballers should get an ordinary wage, and be paid bonuses for scoring/ saves.
I agree with them. What do you think? 
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6 responses
@tomitomi (5429)
• Singapore
18 Jul 10
I would love to think this way: teachers, soldiers, nurses and the police should be paid more. But that's not what the economists think. Singers and artistes, artists and sports people are grouped as people with talents. And these talents are what they are paid for. I should have been a footballer, lol. Hehe...
@tomitomi (5429)
• Singapore
18 Jul 10
There are pros and cons. How long could one's talent support oneself. While there are people who live on their talents for a long time there are others too who do not. If you can't perform anymore, that's where your rice bowl built on talent alone is challenged. In such a case you would wish to have a regular job like most of us do.
@ellie333 (21016)
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18 Jul 10
Hi Memnon, I agree sports personalities in general do seem to get an exceedingly high income for what they do, same with celebrities. Do not pay individual bonuses out though as instead of being a team playing together they would be playing for themelves so give the team bonuses for performance instead which evens this out. All emergency services, soldiers and nurses should indeed get paid a lot more for what they do but not ridiculous incomes else we could lose many as they wouldn't need to work anymore but these guys and girls do tend to work in these fields as it is a job they love too. Huggles. Ellie :D
@maidangela7349 (1191)
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19 Jul 10
Of course they should but it is not going to happen The top football players get paid a lot of money because a lot of people will pay a lot of money to see them play so the money is there. To pay nurses the same rates would been a huge increase in the amount everyone pays to the NHS and any goverment proposing such a massive rise in taxation would not last long. So the money is not there and you cannot use what you have not got
@rosdimy (3926)
• Malaysia
18 Jul 10
I do agree that nurses should be paid more.
To be a nurse requires personal qualities patience, tolerance, empathy, understanding, willimgness to sacrifice rest periods, and willingness to keep on learning new things. A person can become a nurse without these qualities, but will become more mechanical with less compassion and real caring.
Not evertone can become a nurse. New skills need to be learnt, new knowledge memorised. These take a lot more effort compared to becoming a professioal footballer.
Based on the above alone nurses need a better deal.
@ET28LV (1890)
• Latvia
28 Jul 10
Dissagree I think that teachers, nurses, police officers and other people who work in country field.. They need bigger amounts than sport people, because their job is more harder than sport games people. Also country people work for us and do all the best to help us. I am not fan of sport games. I like only hockey and voleyball. Sorry, but It is funny If football players would earn for each goal, pass, scoring etc. Take care, Have a nice day!
