If you think premiership players are overpaid, you might like to have a look at this.
Found some interesting stuff regarding the wages of footballers in England since 1984-85 up to last years wages.
As a comparrison, the authors have included a column on average take home pay, which really puts this into some perspective.
Note the NB at the foot of the table.
The table is from this link, along with some analysis.
REVEALED: Official English football wage figures for the past 25 years