A Grand for 90 mins work?

I see that the SPL referees want £1000 for every g

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A Grand for 90 mins work?

I see that the SPL referees want £1000 for every game they officiate in the top flight. That seems like a staggeringly high fee to me for what is a short amount of work. My monthly pay cheque after tax doesn't exactly clear £1000 by much and yet they want this for one afternoon's work - it takes the Michael!