Look at Rooney, he’s netting £250k a week for running around a field – but can these salaries be justified? Yet if you look at the kind of money that’s drawn into the game, you might also understand how these figures become comprehendible. BskyB recently signed a deal with The FA worth £3.4bn, this finding its way to the clubs notwithstanding the millions generated from sponsorship for those clubs, the merchandise and then there’s ticket revenue, so it’s not too long before these figures begin to make some sense. After all, the players are the spectacle the fans come to see when all’s said and done?