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I really don’t get how people immediately blame the fixture list. The clubs decide how often players are selected.
A club like Barcelona could easily stop choosing literal children as their starters, but they choose not to.
That’s what the money is for
They should stop treating themselves like products first.
Ahh once the Barca players start going down, now these calls finally get stronger.
Okay. Then pay them like human beings
Is this thread being astroturfed wtf… taking wages away from players would most likely mean that more profits go to owners or companies worth billions. Rotating a player for a meaningless game won’t drop revenues by any significant amount
Give them less money that will humanise them
Players salaries go up, more games are added. Do I agree with it? Not really. But do I sympathize with players making millions of dollars for kicking a ball? Fuck no, especially when most of these players are shit human beings.
This take is always crazy to me, I don’t think it’s hard to understand that injuries can affect your mental health and that billion dollar organizations can do more to protect young players.
“Products” like they aren’t paid millions a year and won’t retire at 40 with enough wealth for 5 generations lol, fuck outta here with this nonsense.
Oh purrrleeaaassseee. Footballers are the most oberpampered, overpaid, spoilt brats in the world of entertainment, besides actors. They get paid when they are injured, get paid when they are sick, get paid when they cant be bothered turning up for training,for a couple of hours a day. Think of the poorly paid staff behind the scene before you start crying about footballers
let’s start paying them like 99.9% of humans then.
With the shit load of money they make the demands and expectations increase. I have sympathy for an athletes’ schedule. This is also quite ironic coming from an entity that is solely reliable on the product.
If footballers agree to give up a percentage of their ridiculous wages then sure, otherwise they shouldn’t complain too much.
Can the footballer not say he doesn’t want to play this week or that week?
I’m sure there are stats to show he’s fatigued, tired, and prone to injury
They do, but sometimes the manager doesn’t really have a choice. I think it’s considered unprofessional if a player without injuries turns down the opportunity to play.
If only they were paid for this sacrifice