The Roman Abramovich Effect
Roman Abramovich the Russian billionaire turned owner of Chelsea
football club has turned the footballing world upside down. The
arrival of roman Abramovich in July 2003 has stunned footballers and
fans worldwide with his non stop spending and the rebuilding of
Chelsea. Chelsea is becoming a dominant force in the English league
and is forever improving.
In the first year of his takeover Abramovich and co persuaded
Portuguese manager Jose mourinho to take charge at Chelsea. The boss
made a great impression on fans and players alike and led the club on
a roller coaster ride on and off the pitch which lead to Chelsea’s
first title in 50 years.
Jose mourinho arrived at Stamford Bridge on June 2nd 2004 and started
spending immediately. With abramovich’s deep pockets and mourinho’s
footballing genius the Chelsea revolution begun. Some Chelsea players
were axed from the team such as:
Sebastian Veron - on loan to inter Milan
Marcel Desially - released
Jesper Gronkjear – transfer to Birmingham
Jimmy flloyd Hasselbaink – released
Mario Melchiot – released
Emanuel Petit – released
Winston Bogarde – released
This could only mean one thing that there were some new arrivals at
the bridge and Chelsea went all out buying quality players such as:
2003- 2004 season
Scott Parker -£10 million
Claude Makelele -£6.8 million
Hernan Crespo - £6.8 million
Alexi Smertin - £.5 million
Adrian Mutu -£5.8 million
Sebastian Veron - £5 million
Joe Cole – £.6 million
Damien Duff – £17 million
Wayne Bridge – £7 million
Geremi – £7 million
Glen Johnson – £6 million
Total Expenture: £ 121.5 million
And during next season he bought:
2004 – 2005 season
Mateja Kezman – £13.2 million
Paulo Ferreira – undisclosed
Arjen robbben – £12 million
Petr cech – £ 7 million
Didier Drogba - £24.4 million (record signing)
Ricardo carvallho – undisclosed
In the 2015 AFC Championship Game between the New England Patriots and the Indianapolis Colts, the Patriots were accused of tampering with their footballs. They allegedly deflated the footballs to 2 PSI below the legal limit, supposedly giving them an unconstituted and illegal advantage. On May 11th, 2015, the National Football League ruled that the Patriots organization was guilty, penalizing them with a 1 million dollar fine, the loss of a first round pick in the 2016 NFL draft, and the loss of a fourth round pick in the 2017 draft. Tom Brady, the quarterback, was personally penalized with a four-game suspension for his involvement in the incident. He claims, however, to be innocent and has been exhausting every possible legal avenue to avoid his punishment.
America’s newfound favorite pastime, football, came from a bizarre chain of events. Football started when a soccer player got fed up with just kicking the ball, so he picked up the ball and ran to the goal. His actions of picking up the ball and running with it fathered a new European sport, rugby, which was soon brought over to American shores, and was altered slightly, the shape of the ball and a few other small rules. The sport became organized into a league and produced the NFL(National Football League). The NFL had a slow beginning, but has picked up popularity, currently having a 9 billion dollar yearly revenue. Playing football comes with great costs, including physical and mental health deterioration, plus the amount of time spent prepping before game day. Which can pose several questions, “Why suffer for a game, Is it worth the money? Is it worth the fame? How great is the cost?” I believe that football, should have stricter regulations for the treatment of injuries, along with informing players of just how devastating a concussion can be, along with the other major injuries that commonly occur while playing football.
will be worth the choice and contribute to the team. But it is not very easy at all to get
In Bruce Sterling’s “We See Things Differently” contains many images of stereotypes, some that are formed due to lack of knowledge of the other sexuality and gender. For example, the image of the American women throughout the story is portrayed as sluts. As well as the Muslim women that being portrayed to be in bondage. These are just one of the many examples of stereotypes throughout the story. Through this imagery and language the story “We See Things Differently” is critical of stereotypes throughout the story. One person does not prove a stereotype of a sex, gender or religion to be true because of that person's actions or beliefs. Even though the end of the story contradicts with my statement not everyone will steal an identity to
Life is game of tradeoffs in which every action has a distinct cost. Cost, in the context of the previous sentence and the rest of this essay, is the price or expenditure that must be paid in order to obtain a particular object or goal. The most basic cost associated with all things is time. In order to attain all the material and immaterial things that we currently possess we had to use up a respectable amount of our time here on earth. Thus, it stands to reason that time defines who we are. If someone were to strip away a human being’s time on earth, they would be ultimately stripping away his or her identity. Unfortunately, in every society there are one or more groups of people that have to face some sort of social injustice, which leads to a painstakingly difficult life. The victims of the social injustice are deprived of their time on earth, as they have to constantly deal with the inequality or discrimination issues that abound. To fight any sort of rooted social injustice in a society to benefit the common good is never an easy task. It is, however, a necessary task that must be undertaken. In order to make any sort of lasting progress in the fight for social justice and the common good revolutionaries have to change the way in which they view themselves and be prepared to spill their own blood. An analysis of Melissa Lane's lecture on "sustainable citizenship," Antigone, and "How a Single Match Can Ignite a Revolution" will demonstrate how rebellious people act in the face of social injustice.
What teams spend and receive is a big factor into one’s success. This creates the notion that all clubs should be overspending to get better, and unfortunately this idea has spread. Last season AS Monaco was in Ligue 2, but after being promoted to the top-flight of french soccer they spent exactly €150 million ($206.5 million) on just 4 players. This season so far they are in 2nd place with just 3 losses (Transfermarkt). When examples like Monaco show up it urges other teams to start overspending. When small clubs can’t pay in large sums, they’re left without the capabilities to retain or buy new, better, acquisitions. Another prime example of this is Manchester United. After spending €32.4 million this offseason they’re in 9th place. Last season they won the Premier League title after spending €76.5 million -- more th...
Football has led to deaths, but who should regulate the rules to make it safer? Violence in football is a serious topic; however it hasn’t been brought about to who should change the rules to make the sport safer. In the case of football, normally it would be NFL’s job to take care of issues like this, however, with the NFL extending the issue for about 20 years now, are the NFL really the people to choose? I believe that the issue is now seriously enough that the government should help with regulating the rules of contact sports for everyone.
He's at the 20 the 10 touchdown! As you can tell my subject is football, the reason why I picked this subject is because for the last 2 years I've always picked basketball as my subject and I decided to do a sport that I also like to play and watch like FOOTBALL. Today I'm going to take you step by step into the wonderful world of football. Football is an exciting team sport played chiefly in the U.S.A and Canada. It's played by elementary schools, high school, college, and professional teams. Millions of people crowd stadiums each football season to watch their favorite teams. Millions of people also watch it at home. The 2 biggest leagues for football is the (NFL) and the (CFL)
I cannot exactly place my reasoning, yet it still captivates me nonetheless. Soccer, or football, as most of the world knows it, stands out—at least to me—from virtually all sports. My opinion may be biased after a decade of playing, but there is a good reason I stuck with it for so long. While playing, I found myself to become so impassioned with not just the obvious, drawn-out goals of the game, but also with the paralyzing suspense present in no other sport quite as it is in soccer. I find it to be equally as exciting play as it is to behold. Seeing how one minute movement can completely change the outcome of the game is a marvel even to witness, let alone play. You almost cannot afford to look away, as every match is both detail-oriented and volatile.
The first time I went to Italy the taxi driver that picked my parents and I up at Rome’s Fiumicino airport had his radio turned to a station playing a Serie A soccer match between two Italian powerhouse teams, AS Roma and Turin’s Juventus FC. At first I just assumed the low-level, even sound of the announcers voice was merely a talk radio show, but as I heard the excitement in his voice build as each team became closer to scoring, and the background sounds of the crowds chanting and singing for their teams I began to understand the phenomenon that calico, the Italian word for soccer, was in Italy. Literally the heartbeat of a nation whose history has been tumultuous to say the least, soccer has been a mainstay in Italian culture for generations.
Soccer is a religion to many in the world. It is interpreted in many different ways, became a lifestyle and family to millions of people. If soccer is a religion, money has become it's undisputed god in the 21st century. Money lives and thrives throughout the sport of soccer in many ways. Whether people like it or not it is on jerseys and stadiums, in the player's mind, and the owners grasp. Some of the biggest clubs in the world are products of brilliant branding of the club's name. This is achieved through lucrative owners and presidents, but when does money become too much of a distraction and a problem for the sport? There is a very fine line between using and abusing money in the sport today.
Since he was officially named the manager of Manchester United Football Club on 6 November 1986, Sir Alex Ferguson has led the team to 13 English titles as well as 25 domestic and international trophies. Bringing almost double titles and trophies to the team than Sir Matt Busby, the second most successful manager of the team, Ferguson has been much more than just a coach. As Anita Elberse wrote in her article, “He played a central role in the United organization, managing not just the first team but the entire club. “Steve Jobs was Apple; Sir Alex Ferguson is Manchester United," says the club 's former chief executive David Gill.” (116) With the help of Sir Alex Ferguson himself, Anita Elberse made some analysis on the methods that contributes to Ferguson’s successful manager career, which resulted in the famous Ferguson’s formula. The formula consists of 8 leadership lessons that every leader could
Hundreds of millions of people around the world play or watch soccer. There are more than one hundred and fifty professional leagues in the world for soccer. While America has one major soccer league in the country Europe has a handful. Soccer is becoming more popular in America, but is far from having the popularity similar to overseas. Soccer has progressed in America from the North American Soccer League to Major League Soccer. The fact is, soccer overseas has had more time to grow and develop. In time, the MLS can become a powerhouse for soccer in the world alongside the premier leagues.Eventually, the MLS will compete with the pace, shots, and skills observed on and off the ball.
Buying Success in the English Premier League." Buying Success in the English Premier League. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Nov. 2013. .
Soccer is a complicated sport with an even more complicated history. Indeed, many underestimate the stamina required to be successful, as players commonly run an average of six miles in an individual game (“soccer facts”).