| FORUMS > The Virtual Terrace > Gareth Widdop is only on £35,000 a year! |
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| A few players who haven't had played super league yet but who are on the fringes and 'stars' in the under 20's are on £9,000  |
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| Quote: FitzieGibbon "A few players who haven't had played super league yet but who are on the fringes and 'stars' in the under 20's are on £9,000 ![]()
Well thats a disgrace, maybe thats why people go to union, a better quality of life. In Barrow you can get an apprenticeship the year you leave school at BAE systems when your 16 and you get 7.2k a year and get to go to college. Yet you can be one of the best at a sport and you get 9k.
Some of the best footballers around 20 earn around 50 times more than an RL player and which takes more skill? It's pathetic.
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If your going to round to the nearest thousand it would be £36000
He didnt play that much last year, so its not much of a suprise, im sure he will be negotiating a big increase in the near future
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| Quote: FitzieGibbon "A few players who haven't had played super league yet but who are on the fringes and 'stars' in the under 20's are on £9,000 ![]()
Well if that young star is earning £9k then that is almost 20% of the entire budget for players outside the 25 first team squad (well actually the cap rules say top 25 player earners at the club, but it is generally the same thing), which is capped in the salary cap at £50k TOTAL!
Not sure what the issue is here, if they are good enough they will get a leg-up into a good salary by being in the first team squad. If not they can wait or look to move on... supply and demand!
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I’m on the dole and I can even see that this is a terrible wage. You need at least £100k a year to lead a comfortable lifestyle.
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| Quote: Damo-Leeds "I’m on the dole and I can even see that this is a terrible wage. You need at least £100k a year to lead a comfortable lifestyle.'"
You always come across as leading a comfortable lifestyle. I've seen videos of you clubbing and trampolining. You are comfortable aren't you Damo? |
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35 k a year isn't a lot but it's a reasonable wage.
It should be remembered that although being a reasonable player, he is certainly no Billy Slater or Jarryd Hayne.
35 k a year is probably about right for him.
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| Quote: littlerich "You always come across as leading a comfortable lifestyle. I've seen videos of you clubbing and trampolining. You are comfortable aren't you Damo?'"
These are just snap shots of my life.
There’s no longer a trampoline in the back garden anymore. However when they was one I could only use it when the weather was fine. It’s not like I had £100k a year in wages that could get me a mortgage to buy a big house with high ceilings in order to drag the trampoline inside when it’s raining. So I had to let the weather dictate that activity thanks to my lack of funds.
I can’t get out clubbing every weekend like I want to due to financial circumstances either  £100k a year would soon sort that out! |
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I don't think the world is ready for a Damo with an income of £100k.
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| Quote: Raymond Pennington "England international Gareth Widdop is one of six Melbourne players on the minimum wage of $55,000, according to Australian magazine Rugby League Week.
Widdop, 22, has featured more regularly in the Storm first team this season, having played three times last season. He made his England debut against France last year, and also featured in the end of season Four Nations.
55 000 Australian dollars
He's getting one of the best RL educations he can,plenty of time for him to earn the megabucks.
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Not a bad salary in comparison with UK averages, but let's not forget that apart from the minority who make it into media or coaching, their real earning career is over by 35-ish.
Chris Bridge was on £50k a year while on the fringes at Bradford. For an England international, £35k is much lower than you'd expect.
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From what my friends in Melbourne tell me £36k goes a lot further here than it does down there. Mainly due to the very strong Australian Dollar at the moment.
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| Quote: Stealth Comic "From what my friends in Melbourne tell me £36k goes a lot further here than it does down there. Mainly due to the very strong Australian Dollar at the moment.'"
So it’s not just the development of rugby league that goes further over in Australia. |
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| Quote: Sheldon "
He's signed a new deal so next year he'll get w nice patties.'"
Thought he hailed from 'Fax, not Hull? |
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