Does football today look like a business?

hernanb9 (39)in #sportstalk • 5 years ago

Hello friends of steemit, this post I refer to what is currently happening in the sport because due to the large amounts of money that are handled, it can be believed that sport is a business, although this has been a lifetime in these times It intensifies and in my case I see it more notable in football, so my question: Is football today seen as a business?

Does football today look like a business?

A few days ago while in a university class we had the task of solving a daily case of life, the case of my assigned group was the following: a soccer player feels bad in his club, a millionaire offer comes from another club and he wants to leave but due to his contract he has to spend 5 years in the current club, in the shoes of the club president, what would you do ?, let him go and sell him or enforce his contract and spend 5 more years in the club, we debated and we gave the answer to let it go and sell it since choosing to leave it in the club would not yield the same since its desire was to leave, while we were discussing, I thought: the saddest thing is that it is a case that happens a lot today, is this Has football come?

Questions like: why have player prices gone up so much? is easily answered and is that today a so-called "pump" signing in football can reach more than 200 million euros, it is not only because of what the player generates football but also for what generates money, the sale of shirts , the fame of the player that attracts the public and the sponsors and the brands that follow the player are the sources of income generated by buying a high level player, a bomb chip, this can be seen more clearly in the German football club (psg ) This team under the curtain of wanting to win the UEFA champions league competition have made dozens of bomb signings, is this really so? The truth is that each file generates more and more and its value is multiplied by being several since if the most colorful and attractive players are in a single team in France, all French and international brands, sponsors and agencies will seek to invest in the psg generating twice the amount invested in signings, of course it is still a goal to win all possible competitions and also generate money on a smaller scale the goal will always be to win, but for the president this goes to the background as they win or lose this will always have majority gains.

Another very popular case has been that of Cristiano Ronaldo or, well, the case of Juventus, in addition to buying Juventus from the player, he bought a money generator, a player that cost 100 million euros and in the middle of this season nothing more in t-shirt sales has doubled this figure, the arrival of Cristiano is not only beneficial for Juventus but for the league itself, a sample of this is that thanks to the arrival of the arrival of the player television rights went through the skies and were impossible to buy on television networks such as espn, directv, and foxSport among the most popular, the tickets to the Juventus matches also had a great increase and although this can be disguised as the price increase of the tickets is due to the high salary of the only Cristiano Ronaldo staff generates half of the salary annually, this without counting all the other stars that make up the Italian team that also generate great profits .

In the case of players it is difficult to see how players emblems of teams or talented players and future in Europe go to the Chinese league for money, this is not a secret for anyone and gives an idea of what many players think today in day, play football where you are well monetarily, contracts and their clauses are increasingly persuasive and leagues like China and Qatar know why offer agreements outside the sport as investing in the companies of the players are increasingly Most viewed, this not only happens outside of Europe, renowned players are increasingly paid by the club so that they do not leave, another case is the supposed love of the shirt, this is relative, if there is love and desire If you play for a shirt, why threaten to leave the club if you are not paid more money than you need in each renewal? An example of this are the highest paid players in Europe, their love for the shirt is undeniable but each contract renewal demands more money from the club of their "Loves".

Leagues like MLS are not out of this since one of the main precursors of the monetary movement has been this since with the purchase of stars they increase the popularity of sport in the United States, generating more and more money and benefiting both parties, player and club.