the overpaid glory girls are not generally recognised as being patrons of worthy causes.
While I hate to ruin a good rant, this just isn't true. Lots of footballers give huge amounts to charity, but do it with little fanfare and little recognition - because stories about rich people giving away money and being nice don't sell newspapers.
Beckham is patron of who knows how many charities, not to mention the ones he set up himself.
Ole Solskjaer gave away the entirety of his testimonial money to charity [in excess of £1m].
Rio Ferdinand has given huge amounts to charities in his home of Peckham to tackle gang culture, knife crime and drug use.
Many footballers are UNICEF ambassadors.
Every Premiership club - and I would wager a fair amount of other clubs - have a huge number of charities that they directly look after with contributions from players' wage bills.
Sorry, back to your ranting...