I thought I shud share this..... Another sport with 11 players per team is leading in the popularity in the second most populous country in the world – cricket. So how do footballers make a living in India? Is the passion of football players enough to make a breakthrough in this fast developing country? Apparently in the past whole families were giving their money for the most popular football players’ wages and even weddings and funerals couldn’t stop the most enthusiastic fans from going to the stadium. All was well, but in reality a foreign player couldn’t make a living from the ordinary salaries in the past. The average salary jumped for 60 percent up to 85,000 euros The things are most definitely changing and football is getting more and more popular in India. The average salary of a professional footballer jumped in between 40 and 60 percent when comparing seasons 2012/2013 and 2013/2014. In numbers that means that salary went up from around 60,000 euros to 85,000 euros per season according to the All India Football Federation . Nigerian striker Odafe Onyeka Okolie who just moved from Mohun Bagan to Churchill Brothers (both competing in an Indian top division I-League) used to be the highest paid player in India who was receiving around 400,000 euros per season. Ranti Martins, another Nigerian striker, was second in the rankings with a little more than 200,000 euros, before the move from United S.C. to East Bengal. Australian Tolgay Özbey is in the third place and Carlos Hernandez from Costa Rica was in the fourth place, when he was playing in the I-League. Already whooping numbers sound even better when you find out that clubs added free accommodation, paid for players’ children tuition fees and threw in a free car. The last one not being made by Indian Tata Motors, the clubs gave their players an expensive Mercedes-Benz S-Class car. Home grown heroes with lower salaries are making a breakthrough Home grown players however have to satisfy themselves with lower salaries, so for example Indian goalkeeper nicknamed Spiderman – Subrata Pal – who signed for Danish Superliga club FC Vestsjælland in 2014, received around 130,000 euros when playing in India. An interesting fact, Pal is actually only fifth Indian footballer that is playing professionally abroad, the second to join a top-tier European side and the first Indian goalkeeper to play abroad. Even second league players in India make around 12,000 euros per season, but the really good news is that there is more and more interest in football among the crowds. Kolkata derby between Mohun Bagan and East Bengal drew record 130,000 fans in 1997 and still draws more than 80,000 spectators each time. Ordinary league matches still regularly have up to 5,000 and more spectators. Two very different leagues are interesting for foreigners Young people in India are mostly following European clubs, but things are shifting in the right direction. India only has around 1,500 clubs and surprisingly low number of 30 dedicated football fields. Also, the clubs are more or less owned by private business or families, so the budget of even the I-League clubs vary drastically. An interesting league will start in October. Indian Super League will run for three months, it will not use the promotion and relegation system, instead it will use a franchise system. Eight teams must also have one notable (famous) player and seven other foreigners. The things are slowly moving forward and in the distant future we can expect a supernova from an Indian subcontinent. The road there will remain hard and winding but new opportunities are arising for football players willing to prove themselves in the wonderful India.
I find this article funny and coincidental mainly because in the US their are negotiations between the MLS player and the MLS owners over salaries and how some players still can not live with their wages.
It is also funny because whenever I go to England and talk to people about the Premier League they complain about how they are payed "Way more than the common man" yet we still have pros around the world making less than the common man.
premiere league okay here is thing ... IPL cricketers get paid more than even English Premier League footballers per week Photo Credit: Prakash Mathema/AFP Sahil Bhalla · Sep 02, 2014 · 08:15 am But Indian footballers still make much less their their cricketing counterparts. Players in cricket's Twenty20 Indian Premier League, which takes place between April and June, earn more per week on average than players playing in football's English Premier League. But Indian football salaries are still far behind, even though the soon-to-be- launched Indian Super League is trying hard to bridge the gap. The Indian Super League, modelled on the cricket IPL, will start its inaugural season on October 12. With the draft for both the international and domestic players for the Indian Super League being completed, one thing is certain: the top- earning players in Indian football's Indian Super League and Indian cricket's IPL are all Indian. However, the average salary for foreigner footballers is higher than the wages of Indian sportsmen in the Indian Super League. On a weekly basis, players in the Indian Super League will earn more than sportsmen in the I-League, the Indian equivalent of the English Premier League. Super League Players like Subrata Paul and Sayed Rahim Nabi will get Rs 80 lakhs in addition to a 33% fee if they are loaned to other teams. The Super League is putting the emphasis on Indian players and structuring the team around them. In the I-League, teams are trying to woo the foreign players with salary boosts and housing, some even go as far as giving out Mercedes Benz cars. Though IPL cricketers get paid more than English league footballers per week, total salaries are higher in the English football league. That's because the English football tournament lasts 20 weeks compared to six weeks of the Indian Premier League. In addition, footballers in the English Premier League and other leagues are paid annual wages that include the summer period, rather than just for the season. However, the highest-paid footballers get more than the highest-paid cricketers. Consider Lionel Messi, the highest-paid footballer in the world, who gets Rs 8.1 crores per week for turning out for Barcelona FC . That figure is four times the weekly pay of MS Dhoni, the highest-paid Indian Premier League player. Though Indian football fans are still relatively low, things are looking up. In 2010, the All India Football Federation, India's football governing body, struck a Rs 700-crore 15- year deal with IMG-Reliance to boost the sport in the country. IMG formed a joint venture with Reliance Industries, India's largest company, to develop and own sports, fashion and entertainment properties. This has resulted in more football matches being televised and attendances at games increasing. With the next edition of the U-17 World Cup being played in India, football's popularity is likely to grow further.
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Another sport with 11 players per
team is leading in the popularity in
the second most populous country
in the world – cricket. So how do
footballers make a living in India?
Is the passion of football players enough to
make a breakthrough in this fast
developing country? Apparently in the
past whole families were giving their
money for the most popular football
players’ wages and even weddings and
funerals couldn’t stop the most
enthusiastic fans from going to the
stadium. All was well, but in reality a
foreign player couldn’t make a living from
the ordinary salaries in the past.
The average salary jumped for
60 percent up to 85,000 euros
The things are most definitely changing
and football is getting more and more
popular in India. The average salary of a
professional footballer jumped in between
40 and 60 percent when comparing
seasons 2012/2013 and 2013/2014. In
numbers that means that salary went up
from around 60,000 euros to 85,000 euros per
season according to the All India Football
Federation .
Nigerian striker Odafe Onyeka Okolie who
just moved from Mohun Bagan to Churchill
Brothers (both competing in an Indian top
division I-League) used to be the highest
paid player in India who was receiving
around 400,000 euros per season. Ranti
Martins, another Nigerian striker, was
second in the rankings with a little more
than 200,000 euros, before the move from
United S.C. to East Bengal. Australian
Tolgay Özbey is in the third place and
Carlos Hernandez from Costa Rica was in
the fourth place, when he was playing in
the I-League.
Already whooping numbers sound even
better when you find out that clubs added
free accommodation, paid for players’
children tuition fees and threw in a free
car. The last one not being made by Indian
Tata Motors, the clubs gave their players
an expensive Mercedes-Benz S-Class car.
Home grown heroes with lower
salaries are making a
breakthrough
Home grown players however have to
satisfy themselves with lower salaries, so
for example Indian goalkeeper nicknamed
Spiderman – Subrata Pal – who signed for
Danish Superliga club FC Vestsjælland in
2014, received around 130,000 euros when
playing in India. An interesting fact, Pal is
actually only fifth Indian footballer that is
playing professionally abroad, the second
to join a top-tier European side and the
first Indian goalkeeper to play abroad.
Even second league players in India make
around 12,000 euros per season, but the
really good news is that there is more and
more interest in football among the
crowds. Kolkata derby between Mohun
Bagan and East Bengal drew record
130,000 fans in 1997 and still draws more
than 80,000 spectators each time.
Ordinary league matches still
regularly have up to 5,000 and more
spectators.
Two very different leagues are
interesting for foreigners
Young people in India are mostly following
European clubs, but things are shifting in
the right direction. India only has around
1,500 clubs and surprisingly low number
of 30 dedicated football fields. Also, the
clubs are more or less owned by private
business or families, so the budget of even
the I-League clubs vary drastically. An
interesting league will start in
October. Indian Super League will run for
three months, it will not use the promotion
and relegation system, instead it will use a
franchise system. Eight teams must also
have one notable (famous) player and
seven other foreigners.
The things are slowly moving forward and
in the distant future we can expect a
supernova from an Indian subcontinent.
The road there will remain hard and
winding but new opportunities are arising
for football players willing to prove
themselves in the wonderful India.
IPL cricketers get paid more than
even English Premier League
footballers per week
Photo Credit: Prakash Mathema/AFP
Sahil Bhalla · Sep 02, 2014 · 08:15 am
But Indian footballers still make much less
their their cricketing counterparts.
Players in cricket's Twenty20 Indian Premier
League, which takes place between April and
June, earn more per week on average than
players playing in football's English Premier
League. But Indian football salaries are still
far behind, even though the soon-to-be-
launched Indian Super League is trying hard
to bridge the gap.
The Indian Super League, modelled on the
cricket IPL, will start its inaugural season on
October 12.
With the draft for both the international and
domestic players for the Indian Super League
being completed, one thing is certain: the top-
earning players in Indian football's Indian
Super League and Indian cricket's IPL are all
Indian. However, the average salary for
foreigner footballers is higher than the wages
of Indian sportsmen in the Indian Super
League.
On a weekly basis, players in the Indian
Super League will earn more than sportsmen
in the I-League, the Indian equivalent of the
English Premier League. Super League
Players like Subrata Paul and Sayed Rahim
Nabi will get Rs 80 lakhs in addition to a 33%
fee if they are loaned to other teams. The
Super League is putting the emphasis on
Indian players and structuring the team
around them.
In the I-League, teams are trying to woo the
foreign players with salary boosts and
housing, some even go as far as giving out
Mercedes Benz cars.
Though IPL cricketers get paid more than
English league footballers per week, total
salaries are higher in the English football
league. That's because the English football
tournament lasts 20 weeks compared to six
weeks of the Indian Premier League. In
addition, footballers in the English Premier
League and other leagues are paid annual
wages that include the summer period, rather
than just for the season.
However, the highest-paid footballers get
more than the highest-paid cricketers.
Consider Lionel Messi, the highest-paid
footballer in the world, who gets Rs 8.1 crores
per week for turning out for Barcelona FC .
That figure is four times the weekly pay of MS
Dhoni, the highest-paid Indian Premier
League player.
Though Indian football fans are still relatively
low, things are looking up. In 2010, the All
India Football Federation, India's football
governing body, struck a Rs 700-crore 15-
year deal with IMG-Reliance to boost the
sport in the country. IMG formed a joint
venture with Reliance Industries, India's
largest company, to develop and own sports,
fashion and entertainment properties.
This has resulted in more football matches
being televised and attendances at games
increasing. With the next edition of the U-17
World Cup being played in India, football's
popularity is likely to grow further.
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