Hi Americans

>>77468696
they have drafts

>>77468704
What do you mean by this?

I can't think of any transfer fee or salary so extraordinarily high, which is shocking for this country

Steph Curry recently signed a $201 million dollar contract. That is the only contract I can imagine which compares.

>>77468731
It's very windy in America.

i think Harden is making crazy amounts of cash, but just from the headlines, don't know how much of money would that be

>Jerry Jones will never get the chance to buy OBJ for £200m

When will they learn?

>>77468793
The vestige of the African slave trade in this godforsaken country would never allow such behavior.

>>77468812
you mean the Portuguese? Is that why they keep wanting us to watch their league?

>>77468734
>>77468762

Are many of your franchises owned by big oil/arabs/chinese/russians? Most of the major ones in Europe are now.

>>77468734
What if say bellator were trying to buy mcnugget from the ufc (impossible but in theory), wouldnt similar if not more stupid numbers be thrown about?

>>77468822
Don't do it. Our league is beyond boring, even Sweden has a far more interesting league

>>77468823
nah, rich american jews

>>77468696

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/14330504/alex-rodriguez-252-million-contract-texas-rangers-remains-landmark-15th-anniversary

>>77468857
I completely forgot about this

>>77468857
Its a fucking contract not a transfer fee

Neymar with his wages and everything will be over 500 million

AMericunts dont do transfer fees

How many years is that 222m?

>>77468857

>$252m
>over ten years
>ameripoors

how come NFL players don't earn the most when those teams claim to be worth so much more than other teams?

I know each player only does anything for around 90 seconds in a season but surely the wages should match the club valuations.

>>77468880
too much jewing goes on
there's also too many players to begin with on every team so they can't get paid that much

>>77468876
5
500m dollarydoos however is the real price for Neymar

>>77468823
The red sox and liverpool are owned by the same people. The La rams, colorado avalanche and Arsenal are also the same guy.

>>77468876
5 years contract

PSG didn't even pay the fee, Neymar bought out his own contract.

>>77468905
Red Bull Leipzig, Red Bull Salzburg and Red Bull New York are also owned by the same company (guess which one)

>>77468823
Also forgot to mention that all of the major sports teams in toronto are owned by a cell phone company and the seattle mariners are owned by nintendo

>>77468696

we have drafts and max salaries for most sports.

I don't understand money

>>77468913
when asked durin nerman conference press naser said psg paid it

>>77468929
>max salaries
that's because jews don't throw money around like sheiks or chinks, they're stingier

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>>77468775


228 million. its much higher than currys

>>77468951
>228 million
net wages ?

>>77468929
hilarious that america has pretty much a communist system when it comes to transfers in american sports

>>77468970
Now if only we could have communist systems for things that benefit the American people...

>>77468880

The two main reasons are that there is a hard salary cap in the NFL and that the roster for each team is 53 players who each have to make at the very least the league's minimum salary.

>>77468968
yep.

>>77468880

the physicality of the game makes sure everyone but the qbs wash out after a few years. so the owners pretty much do what they want and the players association just has to take it.

>>77468984

how have you avoided agents inflating wages? I guess the salary cap, but something like that in europe would eventually be broken down.

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>>77468981
>communism
>beneficial

>>77468988
respect

>>77468919
Coca Cola

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>>77468919
Rip in peace new York metrostars

>>77468857

Euruopean teams use money to buy players from other teams, instead of trading players. pretty boring in my opinion.

>>77468880

MLB players play 162 games a year + playoffs, NFL players play 16 games a year + playoffs.

For the NFL I guess it's 2nd, 6th, and 22nd overall, and 39th overall for RG3

>>77469091

I like the method of trading players in sports with salary caps, unlike MLB which just has the luxury tax. It really brings in the financial strategies required to be a top-tier GM along with scouting talent,team chemistry, and future draft picks and free agency openings. It's an entirely new wrinkle for building a team.

>>77468823

Arabs and Chinese don't own any American sports teams. A Indian owns the Sacramento Kings but he's done good things by keeping the team there and trying to make them better.

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>>77468857

>252 mil in 2000
>358+ million in le current year

Fuck me.

>>77469165
Kings are one of the worst run teams in the league

American sports are about profit. That's why crazy numbers aren't thrown around. Any franchise not making a healthy profit will either reduce costs to meet revenue or think/threaten to shift to another venue. Salary caps are another way to keep the power away from the players and in the hands of the owners. But even the owners aren't the top dogs. That's the leagues themselves (NBA, NFL etc). They're the ones actually competing in free market against each other. That's why there's such an emphasis on fairness (through trades and drafts) because the other leagues saw that overall consumer engagement goes down in a league with big dynasties that are basically untouchable (MLB). You want every fan to feel like their team can win the championship in their lifetime.

Another aspect where American sports believe in the free market is deciding ticket prices. They're basically the highest that the market can bear. Seeing a single Giants game can cost as much as an entire season pass for even a team like Arsenal which is ridiculed for gouging fans.

>>77469324

This is correct. The teams in one league do not compete against one another financially, the leagues themselves compete against one another in terms of ad revenues, tv contracts, and media coverage.

>>77469102

then surely the 10x amount of games would mean baseball is worth more through time on air/exposure. I don't understand it.

things like yankees moichandise are global but NFL seems to be confined to the USA. it seems baseball players earn more money but NFL teams are worth a shitload more. even basketball players are more famous globally than anyone else.