Are footballers overpaid?

This is one of the most common debates in the sporting world and, naturally, everybody has different opinions about it. My view is that footballers are not overpaid, and I will tell you why.
In the Premier League, the top earners are Rooney, Torres, Lampard, Gerrard and pretty much all the Man City players. These players earn between £150,000 to £250,000 per week (which is about 10 million pounds per year). In the premier league the average salary is £22,000 per week.
In the Championship (2nd division), the average salary is £4,000/week, which is about £200,000/year (less than Rooney earns in a week).
Then in League 2 (4th division), the average salary is £750/week, which is fairly close the average salary in England.

What I'm trying to get across to you, is that only the best of the best (about the top 1000 players in the world) are payed huge amounts of money. The rest are payed normal salaries and are treated like normal people.
Sure you may say that £250,000 per week is an obscene amount of money and nobody could ever need that much, but that's not the point. The point is that in any profession, the best in the world do earn a huge amount of money. And that is a fact.
If you look at doctors, most of them earn about £300,000 per year, which is more than the Championship players earn - and there are many more doctors than there are footballers in the championship. Then you have the elite doctors, who can earn anywhere between 1 and 5 million pounds per year, which is more than most Premier League players earn. You also get entrepreneurs who, if they become successful can earn hundreds of millions of pounds every year.

But if you want to compare football to a more relative profession, you should compare it acting - since both are entertainment industries.
Leanadro DiCaprio earned $77 million last year, which is about £50 million. This is 5 times more than what Rooney earned last year, so how come nobody complains about him earning so much?
He provided you with about 6 hours of entertainment last year, whereas Rooney provided United fans with about 80 hours of entertainment last year.

Hopefully I've got my point across to you, that in almost any profession, the best of the best are always going to earn obscene amounts of money.
So rather than complaining about how much football players earn, rather just sit back, enjoy watching you team play and appreciate their talent which they are displaying for you.