I disagree.
Take a player who [for example] averages 5K a week over the course of his career and lets assume the career lasts from age 18 - 33 inclusive [just because a lot of players will carry on playing into their 30s.
The amount of money that player will earn in that period, given that scenario is;
15 x 52 x 5k = 3,900,000.00.
If I were to earn that amount during a 'normal working lifetime' of 18 - 65 I would have to average 82,978.00 per annum, which sadly I don't.
For me the 'poor footballer only has a short career' excuse doesnt wash, in fact its bollox as a calculator would prove.
Apart from that though I agree. If someone came along and offered me double my wages for doing exactly the same as i do now I would bite the ****s arm off.