Transfer Fees
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ijjysmith
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They're not really right or fair mate. But it depends what world you're in.
I think i'm right in saying that US Sports stars move teams for much more than footballers. So I don't think it's fair to always pin the badness of it all on football.
Movie stars the same. What like $10m for one movie? OK MATE.
But in a world where people struggle for food and water, then paying £100m for a footballer is mental. But then so is us paying £500 for a TV really.
As for me, I had a good year last year. Probably upping my value to..... £60k.
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I think i'm right in saying that US Sports stars move teams for much more than footballers. So I don't think it's fair to always pin the badness of it all on football.
Movie stars the same. What like $10m for one movie? OK MATE.
But in a world where people struggle for food and water, then paying £100m for a footballer is mental. But then so is us paying £500 for a TV really.
As for me, I had a good year last year. Probably upping my value to..... £60k.
60 GRAND 60 GRAND IJJY SMITH
BirkenheadBlue
Player Valuation: £70m
It's pretty rare for players to be "sold" at all in US sports as far as I know.
It's pretty much all done on a trade basis I think. Player X for player Y or player Y and Z... Occasionally you see "plus cash considerations" but I think this is the exception, and only used to balance a slightly uneven trade...
Woolly Blue
Player Valuation: £80m
According to the transfer fee calculator from wiki ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfer_%28association_football%29#Transfer_Calculator) you can work out your equivalent transfer fee based on your weekly income.
To save you the bother of reading the wiki article, basically, on average, it's roughly 200 x gross weekly income. I don't have a proper job, but if I was on a salary, then my transfer value would be about 230k.
That just about sums up my worth to the company, I'm the one "receiving"
I'm on a free transfer if anyone's interested. Hernia op this week so I'm out til March but I'll have shed a few pounds and have better conditioning by then so I think i'm worth a punt.
Assets are bought and sold. That's not so surprising. It seems different in many respects from most industries, but it's actually not too different from most business. If all workers had non-compete and full-payment clauses in their employment contracts, you would see the same in other industries. What you see with footballers is basic economics: good footballers are in relatively short supply, so price increases (both wages and value of the asset).
US sports regulate entry (via draft, etc) and have little international competition for most players, so it's relatively easy to trade assets (players, player contracts, draft positions) instead of selling them outright. Few players have legitimate options to move on in free agency (i.e., bosman) outside of the league. Also, in US sports, contracts remain in place after a trade (unless the club and player agree to restructure, which is rare), so the contract itself is an asset (more often a liability in the NBA). Recently in baseball there have been several Japanese players acquired by transfer (called posting) and that trend seems likely to continue.
There as daft as someone wants to pay.
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