Imagine falling hook, line and sinker for an answer of "why footballers, of course!" to the question "what group of people need to get called out for their avarice and relative inaction in this time of need?"
They're in the public eye. That's the nature of their employment. And a few do lead a flash lifestyle. So they make a perfect distraction and great first choice whipping boy whenever someone starts asking about what the wealthy are doing in times of crisis. But their sums are (relative) loose change in the sofa cushions of the mega millionaires and billionaires that no one talks about and it's infuriating.