That’s terribly sad to read Harry.
I enjoy watching City win stuff now but no where near as much as I used to enjoy the bi-monthly 140 mile round trip to go to the football with my Dad for 20 years before we came into money. Even now those Saturdays are the highlight of my childhood. I got him to myself for 6-8 hours with no distractions.
Football isn’t all about winning, it’s about spending time with those that you love and sharing a bond through our innate tribalism.
Hiya mate, why sad ?
BTW, I want to be mindful of how I phrase things because it's your Dad S, hopefully you know me enough to know it would never be my intention to be disrespectful or downplay his importance in your life mate.
You see, I would look at that and see it from a very different angle, I'd say, if anything, it was your Dads presence that enhanced the football, not the other way round, football is pretty inconsequential for me there, it could be any sport, or any thing for that matter, your Dad being present and being there for you, for good or bad is what makes it what it is ?
There are around 8 millions scientists working professionally around the world. Again, it’s the economics of supply and demand.
You’ll find the top ones get paid more than the top footballers also.
As you know, 'Scientist' is a very broad term that encompasses all sorts, from Maths to Environmental etc etc, there's tons more of them, it doesn't surprise me that 8 million figure worldwide, whereas Football is just one, so I don't think it's too fair a comparison, that's not to say each don't play a significant role, once we go into the finer detail of each one we'd see their relevance and just how important they are.
Not sure where you've got your figures from but that seems way off regarding the top scientist pay, it's a simple Google search from me granted, but in general their annual salary is less than many Premier League Footballers weekly wage, there are Scientists with celebrity status, like Richard Dawkins, showing $10m as his net worth, a quick search shows Stephen Hawking net worth of $20m, Brian Cox £6m, Lionel Messi's shows around $1 Billion, maybe I'm missing something there mate ?
I get the basic economics of supply and demand, I don't blame the footballers on an individual level, if the money's on offer, then they'd be daft not to take it, I just disagree with people who don't see the disparity when it comes to their rtue importance.