I'm pretty sure the author used to be a BS poster. But I think he misses a big point, which is that the US women had a huge head start as the sport got more professionalized. US law (Title IX) stipulates that women need to have equal opportunity to men in collegiate sports, meaning that, in order to balance against the amount of scholarships college (gridiron) football was getting, women's sports such as (association) football, lacrosse, and crew got more scholarships. This gave the US women a huge leg up, but that window has closed now that Euro clubs are starting to put more money into the women's game. Having said that, the American pay-to-play model is a pretty bad one indeed. But I think it's unfair to lay all of the blame on that. For my money, it's not the main factor.
126199 One way or the other, this has to be stopped. Clubs shouldnot be allowed anymore to have players in numbers unnecesary to have teams running. If you got young kids under contract, but no space in the youth team selection...too bad. Mandatory sale should be imposed. Hoarding has to be stopped, including having clubs in one company. It's a cancer to football, eating away healthy ones. Manchester City makes an offer to PSV for the talented striker Jason van Duiven Manchester City has made an offer to PSV for striker Jason van Duiven (19). The attacker can move for a seven-figure sum to the parent company behind the English top club, who want to store him on a loan basis in Lommel, Belgium.
Historically, Chelsea have been the worst at having lots of players under contract. Every year they seemed to have over 12 players loaned out.
126631 The ultimate revenge: Braithwaite wants to buy Espanyol after 'disrespectful' departure Martin Braithwaite has chosen the adventure by leaving for Brazil. He left Espanyol behind, after he was promoted with the club and signed with Grêmio. Now he wants to take revenge on the Spanish club, by investing his capital. On Saturday, Marca came with the striking message that Braithwaite wants to make an eye-catching investment. The Dane, who is very rich, is thinking about buying Espanyol. That is sensitive, because the striker left Barcelona in an unpleasant way. Braithwaite had a great season with Espanyol and led the club back to the top tier with 22 goals. He was waiting for an offer so he could extend his contract. However, the Spanish offer caused resentment with the Dane. "Disrespectful, it shows they don't trust me," he said. Meanwhile, Braithwaite is on the move for the ultimate revenge. According to Marca sources, he is currently letting his financial advisors figure out how to buy the club. The fact that this is possible at all has to do with the fact that he has a fortune of hundreds of millions of euros, thanks to the many companies he manages. And with Espanyol, a football club may be added.
The Swiss Ramble describes the downfall of Bordeaux who had a highly respected academy but recently declared bankruptcy and gave up their professional license.
127945 'Italian payroll: new high earner in Serie A' Calcio e Finanza is an Italian web magazine that focuses entirely on the financial, economic and managerial side of international football. Their research shows that Dusan Vlahovic is now the new top earner, with Osimhen having swapped Napoli for Galatasaray on loan. The Serbian earns 12 million euros net per season at Juventus, excluding bonuses. He is followed by three Internazionale players. Lautaro Martínez is in second place with 9 million euros. Next come Hakan Çalhanoglu and Nicolò Barella with 6.5 million. Furthermore, Inter pays Marcus Thuram 6 million per year. Romelu Lukaku also earns that amount at Napoli. The Belgian has had to give up a lot after his departure from Chelsea. According to Sky Sport Italia, he earned 11 million euros per year in England. Some other big earners in Serie A are Alessandro Bastoni and Benjamin Pavard (Inter) with 5.5 million. Rafael Leão (AC Milan), Arthur, Douglas Luiz and Gleison Bremer (Juventus) earn 5 million a year. Internazionale is the Big Spender with a salary of 141.7 million euros. Juventus (111.7) and AC Milan (104.3) complete the podium.