this week Zinedine Zidane became the world’s most expensive footballer when he moved to Real Madrid from Juventus for a massive US$65 million!!!
last year it was Figo who went for $56million!!!
it seems like the transfer prices will keep increasing every year. football has become more like a business instead of a sport: if you have money you can win, regardless if you have any talent!!!
this transformation towards a businesslike sportsworld isn’t only happening in football: look at Formula one: teams/drivers who have a huge budget/sponsers are the teams/drivers who win the most races: e.g. Jos VErstappen is according to me as good as Coulthard but only because he hasn’t got much sponsers he isn’t in a big team and cannot compete for wins.
or cycling for that matter: cyclist are turning towards doping in order to be able to win. And often it are the teams who insist upon taking the dope!
cricket: for a little money players are getting bribed and are losing matches for their country!!!
NBA: teams who can spend a lot of money contract the best players in the competition, so the little teams don’t stand a chance!
and to turn back to football/soccer: Edgar Davids and 2 others have been suspended for doping whereas 9 others for playing under a fake passport.
do you think this trend is undermining the true meaning of sport: to find out who is the best player/team on the basis of their talent/skill at that moment. instead nowadays sport means:who has the most money.
I think this isn’t a good development because you aren’t able to determine the real skill of the players and their isn’t any compwetition anymore.
furthermore this way: young talent cannot get forward because the big-earners won’t let them.
what do you sport-lovers think about this all??? is the transformation towards a business-like sportsworld a good thing???
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