#9 – Footballers
Top flight footballers are a privileged breed. They get to play in front of tens of thousands of fans each week; stay in the best hotels; attract the attention of thousands of women; are idolised by millions of teenaged kids and last but not least; get paid unmentionable amounts of money, much of which is siphoned off into ‘tax friendly’ accounts somewhere offshore. And if they happen to find themselves on the wrong end of a physical tackle, go down like the proverbial sack of potatoes and roll around like they’ve just had acid poured in their eyes. Yes, it’s a tough life being a footballer.