Football. If ever there was a sport that has beendramaticallyaltered by money, its this one. More and more clubs are being taken over by billionaires,with the seemingly important must love football often not Eric Johnson Jersey being part of the criteria. Television companies are scrapping over broadcasting rights and manipulating fixtures as they please. And the players themselves are earning a ridiculous wage every week considering firstly, they dont save lives or help the needy, they kickan inflated pigs bladder around a field,andsecondly,they get their paycheck whether they put in a world-cla s performance Yannick Ngakoue Jersey , mooch round looking disinterested, or lounge at home resting their tweaked hamstring.Maybe that a se sment is a little overdramatic, and most certainly extremely bleak, but it cannot be denied that the reputation of football is diminishing, particularly to those outside the sport. And a lot of the time, it only has itself to blame.Take, for instance, clubs such as Manchester City and Real Madrid. Tyquan Lewis Jersey They have spent over 400 million between them and its not even the end of July yet. Real, having a history of succe s and of course the famous Galacticos era, have maybe a little more excuse to be splashing the cash their so-called tradition of buying top quality players, no matter how much they cost, doesnt look like ending any time soon, especially with Florentino Prez as President. But when Abu Dhabi United Group (ADUG) officially completed their takeover of City on September 1st 2008, we could only gue s what kind of impact it would have.The money crises of past decades seem miniscule in comparison. Johnny Haynes became the first player to earn 100 Philip Rivers Jersey per week, when the 20 wage cap was eradicated in 1961. Trevor Francis was the first player with a transfer fee of over 1 million in total in 1979, moving from Birmingham City to Brian Cloughs Nottingham Forest. This is put into a rather dramatic perspective when considering Cristiano Ronaldos 80 million transfer from Manchester United, or the stratospheric offer put forward to Samuel Etoo of Barcelona by Manchester City, which included a wage packet of 180,000 per week.The days of paying 15p to attend a football match and 5p to buy a programme are difficult to imagine nowadays. It cannot be denied that football is Michael Badgley Jersey changing, whether we like it or not.
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