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Why romantic love is overrated Margaret Wente | Columnist profile | E-mail From Saturday's Globe and Mail Published Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 2:00AM EST Last updated Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 8:03PM EST 212 comments Email Print/License Decrease text size Increase text size Am I the only person who thinks Valentine

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Read in ESPN Soccernet report that : British Sports Minister attacks 'obscene' Premier League wages. LONDON, Nov 1 (Reuters) - British Sports Minister Gerry Sutcliffe has attacked spiralling wages in the Premier League. 'Good luck to (Chelsea captain) John Terry but I think it is obscene to be on 150,000 pounds per week,' Sutcliffe told a sports industry conference on Thursday. Sutcliffe, who is fairly new in the job after taking over from Richard Caborn this year, said football was in danger of alienating itself from ordinary people. 'Chelsea are 250 million pounds in the red and they may be able to cope with that but it's not the real world. That is not sustainable. 'This year Manchester United increased their season tickets by 13 percent. That's taking the game away from the ordinary grass-roots fans. 'We don't want to be in a position where people are alienated.' Sutcliffe also endorsed FA chief executive Brian Barwick's tough stance on behaviour in grassroots football, but said top players needed to clean up their act. 'Players should be exposed if they are not acting properly as role models,' he said. 'I abhor what goes on sometimes.' It about time something needs to be done to check their pay cheques. Indirectly, its also affect all football fans throughout the world. This is how it affect us suckers for their big pay........ High pay for players = increase in TV fee asked by clubs = fans pay more to watch live matches. Example of overrated players are : M. Ballack, Darren Bent, Andriy Shevchenko, Michael Owen, .......etc. Paid so much to warm benches due to injuries or not selected to play in first team (especially Liverpool Rafalution system ) Behaviour of players are also one major factor affecting younger players. One good example is Man U star player - Ronaldo who invited some high pros to his mansion with some other players for one night stand. Are they playing for the love of the game & country or for money & .......