It is very common for a story in a newspaper or on a website to be about a high profile footballer having a crash in their expensive sports car. This type of story being reported so often though does cause a backlash from the public who start to question the player's driving ability. What these stories also do though is create negativity towards players provoking questions such as should they be allowed to drive such powerful and expensive cars and are they responsible.
There are numerous reasons why it might appear that footballers are always having car accidents one of which might actually be the reason which most people are thinking. In some cases footballers might be careless when behind the wheel. Many of them are paid tens of thousands of pounds every week and this level of income might be causing them to take less care than they would had they spent their life savings on their car.
They might also appear to be in car accidents a lot because of a number of factors coming together. Men are most likely to have an accident not long after passing their test. Footballers age from 17 to 35 with a few exceptions and they also have the means to be able to buy very powerful cars which can reach high speeds. These factors make a potent combination and so it isn't surprising that sometimes things go wrong.
These options are however what the tabloids would have their readers believe and aren't in most cases the real reason. Tabloid readers are interested in what is happening in the lives of their favourite and most hated celebrities and so a picture of a crashed supercar with a high profile footballer's name will immediately grab their attention. These stories are also very quick for journalists to put together.
There isn't even supporting evidence to suggest that footballers do crash often. There is a good chance that footballers crash just as often or as rarely as any other person. The reason it seems that they crash more is because newspapers will always report it whereas they won't ever report a crash involving a milkman, or a builder in his Volvo.
There are numerous reasons why it might appear that footballers are always having car accidents one of which might actually be the reason which most people are thinking. In some cases footballers might be careless when behind the wheel. Many of them are paid tens of thousands of pounds every week and this level of income might be causing them to take less care than they would had they spent their life savings on their car.
They might also appear to be in car accidents a lot because of a number of factors coming together. Men are most likely to have an accident not long after passing their test. Footballers age from 17 to 35 with a few exceptions and they also have the means to be able to buy very powerful cars which can reach high speeds. These factors make a potent combination and so it isn't surprising that sometimes things go wrong.
These options are however what the tabloids would have their readers believe and aren't in most cases the real reason. Tabloid readers are interested in what is happening in the lives of their favourite and most hated celebrities and so a picture of a crashed supercar with a high profile footballer's name will immediately grab their attention. These stories are also very quick for journalists to put together.
There isn't even supporting evidence to suggest that footballers do crash often. There is a good chance that footballers crash just as often or as rarely as any other person. The reason it seems that they crash more is because newspapers will always report it whereas they won't ever report a crash involving a milkman, or a builder in his Volvo.
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