Burnley boss Sean Dyche believes astonishing money in football is in line with other entertainment professions: 'Harry Potter got £150k at age 13...'
- Sean Dyche believes top footballers could eventually earn £1million a week
- Dyche suggests its natural for wages to keep ballooning in light of TV deals
- The Burnley boss cannot understand the furore surrounding inflated wages
- Dyche takes charge of his 100th top flight game on Saturday vs Man United
Sean Dyche believes top stars could eventually earn £1million a week and claimed the staggering money on offer is only in line with other entertainment professions.
The Burnley manager suggested it is natural for wages to continue ballooning in light of astronomical television deals and cannot understand the furore surrounding inflated wages.
‘Take Daniel Radcliffe, who played Harry Potter,’ Dyche said. ‘He starts off with the first film, he’s 13 and he gets £150,000. Do you think he got that for the second film? He certainly did not.
Burnley boss Sean Dyche believes the world's best stars could eventually earn £1million a week
Dyche defends footballers' staggering wages by comparing theirs to that of Daniel Radcliffe's
‘Then the third film comes along and now he’s 15 and let’s say he gets £15million. He isn’t getting £15m for the fourth, he’s getting £35m and he’s still only 19.
‘No-one comes along and says: “No, no, no, give him £150,000 - that’s what he got for the first film.” So why should it be different for sportsmen?
‘If we’re saying someone is earning £650,000 a week in China now, a new TV deal comes out (here) and blows the last one out of the water, then that can only add to the resource base of a club.
‘There seems to be a lot of people saying, “yeah, OK we’ll do that” and they have their reasons. That’s the way I see it.’
Dyche – who takes charge of his 100th top flight game on Saturday against Manchester United – feels the Premier League has taken business lessons from the NFL and NBA.
Dyche takes charge of his 100th Premier League game on Saturday against Manchester United
‘It’s going more and more like America,’ he added. ‘You've got a worldwide brand and you look at the American football there, the basketball, and they are real big earners.
‘I think the game has got to move forward. The power in the game in the sense of these worldwide figures and TV exposure has created that.
‘It’s become a major, major business and I don’t think it’s going to stop. It will be interesting to see what the next TV deal does because I’d be amazed if it doesn’t go up.’
Burnley haven't won in six Premier League games, with their last victory coming against Stoke
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