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Originally Posted by nicfit
It's just a way to invest money to get more money. (sponsors, tv coverage, supporters buying merchandise).
It's not that the player (the man) himself is "worth" that, is just that spending that to have him in the team will make that team owners gain loads more. It's economy, not sport.
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Yeah, that's the rationale, but it's putting the biggest clubs into more and more debt. Besides, using sports people for their public profile is a dangerous game, given how they tend to rape women in hotels on an almost hourly basis.