Would you give your wages away

[purpleronnie]

Just wondering.

The wealth of a lot of top footballers is hard for us to comprehend, many making £100,000+ a week. Some already worth 10's of millions. I've often wondered if I was that wealthy would there come a point where I would simply give the money I earnt away.

Lets face it who needs that much money? No-one. So if I became that wealthy I dont know if i could sleep at night knowing the money I dont need could help 1000's of people who really do need it, money that could change or save lives.

I'm not saying give all your money away but if you've got 50 million in the bank do you really need that £100,000 a week

Put it this way if someone told you you'd win the lottery every year wouldnt you after a while start giving the money away?

[ousefox]

Once i'd got enough to make sure future family would be more than well off, i'd probably invest it in some sort of business or something like that. Then give money away to people who geniunely needed it. Although you never really know with money as a lot of people say it changes you and makes you more greedy..

[Fox92]

I think it depends. You never know until you've got it, for example, I may think I've worked hard to get here so why should I. However, if I earnt that much that my family and myself were secure, I'd like to help out with certain charities that are close to me in particular.

[ScouseFox]

I'd set up some sort of charity, or some form of "soccer school" or something, give something back to the community that way. Personally think that beats just giving a wad of cash to Loros once or something.

[FoxyPV]

I'd end up giving millions away to the NSPCC and Suicide Awareness charities (and use my ill gotten gains to fund the revolutionary army and bring down capitalism)

[MikeyT]

I'd try and give as much as i could to cancer research and neo-natal units (as if it wasn't for them i would not be here now).

[Webbo]

I'd like to start a grammar school for kids from low income families.

[Trav Le Bleu]

I've read that Michael Schumacher gives half of his wages to charity. Sure that still leaves him as a multi-millionaire, but I've never heard of any other sports person doing anything like that.

[Zingari]

no

[ajthefox]

I think I'd try and give a little bit to a lot of charities.

[The Doctor]

I'd like to think if i was in a position to be earning as much as they do i'd be donating bits of it to charities & what not while keeping the rest of it to ensure my & my family's future was secure but i suspect if i ever reach that position that won't be the case and i'd keep the money for myself.

The greatest folly of man is greed and I doubt i'd be able to avoid it.

[jonthefox]

no

Mean sod. I think that once youve tasted all the trappings of money the novelty would wear off.

As long as you and your loved ones are financially secure for life you surely must consider those less than fortunate.

The BBC documentary on poor kids the other day featured a kid from braunstone, and all he wanted was a proper hair cut to stop the bullying at school.

so it does not take huge amounts to change peoples lives.

[DB11]

Hmm in theory it sounds like a no brainer. However, when I died I'd want my money to be shared amongst my family, some of whom may be the ones that needed it. And then if they get a lot, they can give it to their children and so on.

Plus, you never know what might happen. You might need the money if something catastrophic happened.

[Zingari]

Mean sod. I think that once youve tasted all the trappings of money the novelty would wear off.

As long as you and your loved ones are financially secure for life you surely must consider those less than fortunate.

The BBC documentary on poor kids the other day featured a kid from braunstone, and all he wanted was a proper hair cut to stop the bullying at school.

so it does not take huge amounts to change peoples lives.

no it wouldn't

i once heard that 3% of the richest in the UK and USA own 90% of all wealth , and they hang on to it from generation to generation , so i think if i got there i'd want to stay there , just like the rest of them .

what's the point of giving away loads of cash to low life on sink estates that would blow it all on lager and drugs .

it's easy to hypothetically give away money that you don't have

i'm not being totally serious , actually i probably would give loads away :

edit ;

the percentages given may or may not be true, or i may have made them up

[Wymsey]

I would, certainly. I do give away a proportion of any wage I get to a charity annually anyway.

[AdamN]

I'd spend it all on erecting solid gold statues of myself in deprived African villages.

[Jon the Hat]

I would give more than I do now, but also if you are paying £2m plus a year in tax are you not doing your bit anyway?

[FoxyPV]

I would give more than I do now, but also if you are paying £2m plus a year in tax are you not doing your bit anyway?

Do you really think PL footballers pay their proper tax rate?

I recently heard / read that over £100m a year was lost in tax avoidance by either PL footballers or all FL footballers.

[Alexikokopops]

I'd make sure I'd got to the point where if I were injured and forced to retire the next day I'd be able to live comfortably for the rest of my life, along with my family. After that, I'd like to think I'd do something good with my money. Much like the poster above though, I'd probably end up spending it on gold statues of myself in inappropriate places.

[SOCCERROO FOX]

Family and friends would be well looked after

[Bugg]

It's easy enough to say you would when you are not in the position. If I'm honest, if I was earning that much money in such a short career I probably wouldn't give it away.

[Thracian]

Definitely. Even now, nothing gives me greater pleasure. I'm not the least bit materialistic anyway. Yes, as a kid I enjoyed owning a couple of flash vehicles and going to some reasonably exotic places but nowadays there's nothing whatsoever that I want for myself except good health, a happy home and for my family to do themselves proud.

Don't get me wrong, what little bit we do is just a gesture - my oldest son and his wife have raised lots for charity - but I'd like to more. I don't support charities as such, just try to do what's needed when the case arises - paying for a flight to reunite a little girl with her mother, helping to furnish the home of a family who were sleeping rough in Castle Gardens, putting hard-up kids through college in Tunisia (presently being arranged and, no, it isn't very expensive), stuff like that.

If I were a footballer why would i need pbscene amounts of money, lots of cars lined up on a drive, wardrobes full of ridiculously expensive clothes, designer watches and whatnot? I'd doubtless invest some of my wages just in case times got hard but, even then, it would only be to ensure I could still be benevolent as I got older. I'd just love finding ways to put a smile on people's faces and make their lives a bit easier.

Having spent six months living in a small ridge tent with my wife and baby on a farm in the middle of nowhere during the wettest period of British history and having also spent six weeks sleeping rough on the streets of Scotland as a 15-year-old, I know what it's like to be cold, wet and to have no money and I wouldn't like to go there again. I've also learned what it's like to suffer personal tragedy - just like so many others - and it sure lets you know what's important in life.

And it isn't a new Rolex or a garden full of status cars.