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Hot off the Press: Gareth Bale - football feat or financial folly?
James
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Whether or not you're into football, the sale of Gareth Bale to Real Madrid for a record £85million is something of a landmark, especially in these 'times of austerity.'
Read the BBC Sport article here.
What do you think of the deal? Has football spending gone too far, or is it justifiable? Do you think there's too much money in football, or is it about right?
Read the BBC Sport article here.
What do you think of the deal? Has football spending gone too far, or is it justifiable? Do you think there's too much money in football, or is it about right?
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It is unbelievable how far it's gone/will continue to go.
But, ultimately, something/someone is worth what someone else is willing to pay for it.
That's capitalism folks
Who is to say the money would be there to spend if it wasn't on something like this?
Real Madrid aren't going to go and spend EUR100m on the homeless if they don't spend it on the sheep-shagging monkey boy. That's not how it works. As with all the biggest names, they will make a good proportion of that fee back- shirt sales, prize money, TV money, that sort of thing. It's no more obscene than the amounts of money other large entertainment companies spend on their talent, and it's a damn sight less obscene than the £1m a year of TV tax the BBC spunk over Chris Moyles' tits.
He's worth nowhere near that, imo.
This I don't understand. At all, how is someone worth or not worth £85million. He plays football for fucks sake.
Gareth Bale is a commodity. Or rather, his footballing skills or potential footballing skills are a commodity. Top football clubs will pay top dollar for players like him as they compete as their fans or customers expect them to do so. They want to win. A football player can be one person out of entire populations of countries hence they command such huge prices.
Think that whatever million euros could be spent better on nurses, disabled people or other emotive crap? What about the trivial crap you buy? I'm sure that could go to a much better cause too.