The Backlash on Wayne Rooney: Is It All About the Money?

It would take a teacher or nurse over 10 years to earn the amount of money offered per week to Wayne Rooney by Manchester City.

The £288 wage bill that could have been was rejected but has lead to a highly opinionated response from people within the game.

Sadly the over embellishment of the players who rule the world of football is now becoming more common place than ever before.

Yet some insiders look to have the tenacity and the will power to end the downright despicable salaries that act as a ridiculous paradox to the current economic crisis.

Both Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich and Sunderland boss Steve Bruce have voiced their concerns. Many will be sure to join their bandwagon as their thoughts lie in desperate need of some recognition.

Roman Abramovich first of all has outlined his intention of introducing a globally installed salary cap.

He, like us, wants a halt to the wage levels that are now spiralling out of control.

In the past it has been easy for some to defend players wages. There are many who believe that due to the highly lucrative emphasis in football the wages are warranted.

Yet when a professional who creates or saves lives earns as much in 10 years as someone who kicks a ball earns in a week then something is clearly not right with the world. The time of defending the salaries of footballers needs to stop, once and for all.

It is my opinion that not only should players salaries be capped, but they should also be vastly decreased. If the BBC can make cuts as the UK's main broadcaster then so can the world of football.

What does Wayne Rooney actually need £288k a week for? Not even the Queen should require such an inflated budget.

The light hearted amongst us have remarked that Rooney may now find some higher class alternatives to Coleen in the moments where adultery crosses his mind.

Yet anyone who can attempt to justify a weekly wage such as the amount that City offered needs to consider what is really important in the world.

Clubs are going bankrupt and into administration, and it is time to stop thinking that wages are not a part of this trend.

Roman Abramovich clearly has his wise head on, and with the aid of various supporters in the world of football a change is in the air.

This is a change that Sunderland manager Steve Bruce also demands upon seeing. He believes that the overly amorous monetary amounts gifted to footballers has created a modern era of footballers who do not care about the game in the manner in which they should.

Wayne Rooney may be staying at Manchester United, but there are many who can see a conspiracy in his actions this week.

Could he have threatened to leave Old Trafford in a simple attempt to improve his bank balance?Many have offered this as a reason.

I can't help but hope that his intentions were better than that, yet sadly he has only highlighted the growing disillusionment that supporters have with players who see money as the be all and end all of their careers.

Forget creating a legend of yourself, and forget those who worship your every move; some players seem only intent on become millionaires.

The respect that they can alternatively earn for being a genius in their profession for some is deep in the back of their minds.

Simply put by Steve Bruce their egos do not allow them to understand the need for excellence.

So the rest of us are left to slave over an office desk in a job that requires a greater amount of effort per pound earned.

Whilst we will continue to follow the trials and tribulations of the footballers we at points have admired, it is now up to the players who have no shame in lining their wallets with unnecessary amounts to renew our trust.

Thankfully an opposing movement is now in motion.

Let us just hope that the sooner footballers see a downturn or block on their wages, the sooner they will remember why they joined the sport in the first place.