Thesis+Based+Research+Assignment

Why did you go down this research path? Because it is esstiential to my graduation, and because i am passionate about soccer.

What driving question guided your research? Soccer is being corrupt because club teams are spending too much on players.

What more specific questions had to be answered before finally answering this driving question? Well are there rules to help regulate trade and also how much are these players being paid

//**BEND IT LIKE--SOMEBODY ELSE **// ManU sold David Beckham for $40 million to Real Madrid This could affect ManU's popularity in U.S. Beckham draws many fans He is very marketable Stanley. "BEND IT LIKE--SOMEBODY ELSE." __Business Week__ 3845 (August 11, 2003): 10. __Expanded Academic ASAP__. Gale. Springfield Township High School. 30 Sept. 2009 < [] >.

//**Trading in soccer talent.(Business/Financial Desk) **// Companies in Brazil are investing in players They invest millions of dollars in hopes that other (bigger) clubs will buy them They gain profit off of the trade It is controversial Without these investments many Brazilian clubs would fail These trades usualy occur when a player becomes popular This strips teams of their star players for profits FIFA wants to ban third parties Downie, Andrew. "Trading in soccer talent.(Business/Financial Desk)." __The New York Times__ 157.54376 (July 19, 2008): C1(L). __Student Resource Center - Gold__. Gale. Springfield Township High School. 30 Sept. 2009 http://find.galegroup.com/gps/start.do?prodId=IPS.

//**FOOTBALL: MORE CHAOS ON PLAYER TRANSFERS AS UEFA TACKLES FIFA.(European Commission, International Federation of Association Football and Union of European Football Associations) **// FIFA attempted to regulate transfers UEFA and FIFA made a transfer proposal They proposed that any players under 18 could not be transferred Also proposed that players could break contract if disagreed with coaches tactics "FOOTBALL: MORE CHAOS ON PLAYER TRANSFERS AS UEFA TACKLES FIFA." European Report (Jan 17, 2001): 470. Expanded Academic ASAP. Gale. Springfield Township High School. 30 Sept. 2009 < [] >.

Jamar Beasley age 18 makes $24,000 annually MICHAEL OWEN age 18 makes $800,000 annually ESTEBAN CAMBIASSO age 17 makes $65,000 annually was paid a $1.3 million transfer fee VICENTE RODRIGUEZ GUILLEN age 16 makes $50,000 annually demands a $215 million transfer fee Wahl, Grant. "Kids today." __Sports Illustrated__ 88.n15 (April 13, 1998): 99(1). __Expanded Academic ASAP__. Gale. Springfield Township High School. 12 Oct. 2009  .
 * //Kids today. (salaries of young soccer players around the world)(inside Soccer) //**

Real Madrid spent a massive amount of money for two players The players included Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka Paid more than $220 million to acquire two players Not including salary $130 million transfer fee for C.Ronaldo $95 million transfer fee for Kaka Highest U.S. transfer fee was $10 million for Jozy Altidore Expect to sell thousands of Ronaldo and Kaka jerseys to help finance this move "Real Madrid's Fees For Soccer Stars Examined.(21:00-22:00 PM)(Broadcast transcript)(Audio file)." __All Things Considered__ (June 12, 2009): NA. __Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center__. Gale. Springfield Township High School. 12 Oct. 2009  . <span style="color: #474e49; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> Negotiations for trade of ETO’O Has 12 months before contract is up Manchester city made an offer for the striker Made an offer of $40 million euros Don’t want to spend massive amounts of money like Madrid “Laporta Waits For ETO’O Call” __Google news. Springfield Township High School__. 12 Oct. 2009 <www.sportinglife.com/football/news/story>
 * //<span style="color: #28363f; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Real Madrid's Fees For Soccer Stars Examined.(21:00-22:00 PM)(Broadcast transcript) //**
 * //<span style="color: #474e49; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Laporta Waits for ETO’O Call //**

Madrid breaks another club record, spending $52 million on transfer fee for Luis Figo Madrid’s fiancés $38 million deficit $111 million budget $248 million debt This at the time was unheard of Not sure if this is fair, may trigger regulations “Football folly.” The Economist (US) 356.8187(September 9,2000) Expanded Academic ASAP.Gale. Springfield Township High School. 12, Oct. 2009 [] Too much spending is going on It may leave some teams in debt It gives teams advantages There should be rules to regulate, and are rumors of these rules FIFA wants to do something about this Carmichael,F. and D. Thomas “Bargaining in the Transfer Market” Expanded Academic ASAP.Gale. Springfield Township High School. 12, Oct. 2009 [] Based on this research what is your specific stance on this topic? Well i believe there should be rules to limit trade and what-not
 * //Football folly.(European Commission objects to transfer fees for soccer players)//**
 * //Bargaining in the Transfer Market//**

What is your intial thesis? Club teams are spending too much money on soccer players .......but after revision The professional sport of soccer has become corrupted due to the the current practices of trading players, high athlete salaries, and unequal club wealth.

Findings

Real Madrid spends alot of money on players they are wealthy they are willing to pay the cost for players they have an unfair advantage

Many people like to invest in players so that they will large amounts of prohits 3rd parties enter in the soccer world of trade fifa wants to get rid of them some club teams cannot survive without the help of 3rd parties

Each year the cost for players rises, and so do the prohits luis figo was paid $52 million, which was a record high for that time c.ronaldo in today's day was paid $130 million which was a new record high

process reflection what did you learn from conducting this research? follow directions(and that all the work i put in is useless because i am failing), AND GET THINGS DONE ON TIME!!!!!!!! what higher-order thinking skills did you employ? not too sure, perhaps critical reading ....knowing what is good information to retain and what is useless to my topic what information did you think you knew before researching that turned out to be either incorrect or incomplete knowledge of your topic? well i did not know that some club teams relied on 3rd parties to keep them thrieving

Connections to the overall project so what? How do your findings fit back into the big picture of your project? How will this research help you move foward with your project? well now i have a more knowledge about my topic that will help me write a better expressed paper, and now i have evidence to back up my thesis statement