The Unfortunate Mix of Football and Money

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The Unfortunate Mix of Football and Money Money is ruining fun in footballFootball nowadays is treated much more

as a business. As long as money is the prevailing drive for players to

play, the game will be failing to attract more crowds. Some people

think if a football player earns his company thirty million a year in

revenue for both on and off the field reasons, doesn't he deserve then

to demand a high wage?. A lot of people would argue this point, but

the amount football stars are demanding nowadays can be obscene and a

lot of them are starting to get greedy

On the other hand, money can spoil football because football players

don't feel the football essence. Football players play for the money

and they forget to enjoy the game. Football became an expensive

"entertainment" because football player's salaries are very high.

I would like to stress the point that I think that football

associations should spend more money on things like youth set-ups for

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