It's not bad after the tax payer takes 40% away.
Players like Gerrard, Lampard, Ashley Cole, Terry and Beckham who all earn 100,000 + a week are not really missing a thing and I'm sure many of them have avoid tax by having offshore accounts (e.g Swiss)
Just the players who are on 5k week are not seeing the difference really.
Maybe they should get taxed more? The 100,000 a week earners?