Gareth Bale

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That Goal…

Soccer In a nutshell No salary cap Teams with more money can buy (not trade) players Rich teams do better… they get better players Real Madrid is one of the richest teams in soccer Tottenham Hotspur, although brave and loyal and true, are dirt poor by comparison

Bale Stats 2012-13 Season: 26 Goals in 44 Games Named PFA Young Player of the Year, PFA Player of the Year, and the Football Writers Association Player of the Year Other, richer clubs were interested in Bale

So, What do you do? Sell Not Sell

The Transfer Bale was sold in August 2013 for a world-record transfer fee of 85.3 million British pounds Spurs bought seven players with the money

Vocabulary Opportunity Cost cost of the next best alternative when one choice is made rather than the other Trade-Off alternatives that must be given up when one is chosen rather than another

Vocabulary (2) Cost-Benefit Analysis way of thinking that compares the cost of an action to its benefits

What’s the key difference between these two things? Vocabulary Utility worth of a good or service as determined by the market Value ability or capacity of a good or service to be useful to someone What’s the key difference between these two things?