http://footwall.forumotion.com/money-and-the-game-f4/-t1.htm Money makes the world go round but how much does it affect the game itself? Here is where you can rave about the commercialisation of the game. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:40:34 GMT 10 http://illiweb.com/fa/invision/en/logo.png http://footwall.forumotion.com/money-and-the-game-f4/-t1.htm http://footwall.forumotion.com/money-and-the-game-f4/possible-idea-for-the-economics-of-the-game-t8.htm BrynJ_SE7 I think that this idea has merit, a big club - lets say Real Madrid, helps a smaller club - Xerez - financially. Sort of like a partnership, the big club loses a minute amount of its plentiful money to help a smaller club become more succesfull, and small club is able to function at a more effective rate. The sponsorship would be mutually benificial. The big club could loan its players out to the small club to give them first team experiance and who knows, the better players from the small club ... Money and The Game Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:40:34 GMT http://footwall.forumotion.com/money-and-the-game-f4/possible-idea-for-the-economics-of-the-game-t8.htm#12 http://footwall.forumotion.com/money-and-the-game-f4/possible-idea-for-the-economics-of-the-game-t8.htm http://footwall.forumotion.com/money-and-the-game-f4/is-money-the-real-enemy-t7.htm Max I fairly sure it's what the players will do for money that worries me. Being a Chelsea fan, I read the salaries and almost puke everytime. These guys earn enough to retire and live comfortably in about one month. Introducing salary caps will not necessarily solve the problem, because then we will see more and more endorsment deals popping up everywhere with players hoping to keep earning at the same levels, and what would be worse than seeing you're favourite goalkeeper in an add for heat pumps? Money and The Game Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:41:52 GMT http://footwall.forumotion.com/money-and-the-game-f4/is-money-the-real-enemy-t7.htm#7 http://footwall.forumotion.com/money-and-the-game-f4/is-money-the-real-enemy-t7.htm