1. Who pays and who plays? Supply and Demand for Players in the European Soccer Market

2. What do you think the following list represents?
Real Madrid
FC Barcelona
Manchester United
NY Yankees
Dallas Cowboys

3. Top 5 Highest Value Sports Teams in the World (2015)
Real Madrid $3.26 billion NY Yankees $3.20 billion Dallas Cowboys $3.20 billion FC Barcelona $3.16 billion Manchester United $3.10 billion
(Source: Forbes 2015)

4. What do you think the following list represents?
Manchester City
NY Yankees
LA Dodgers
Barcelona
Real Madrid

5. Top 5 Teams with the Highest Average Players Salaries in the World
Paris Saint-Germain $9,083,993
Real Madrid $8,641,385
Manchester City $8,597,844
Barcelona $8,083,518
Los Angeles Dodgers $8,023,207
(Source: Global Sports Survey 2015)

6. What does a 100 million euro player look like?

7. Sample Team Salary Card

8. Sample Player Card

9. Sample Team Data Cards

10. Contract Log Player Name Team Name Salary Maxime Gonalons
Fernando Reges
3. Michael Carrick
4. Sergio Ramos
5. Xavi Hernandez
6. Bastian Schweinsteiger
7. Gareth Bale
8. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
9. Juan Mata
10. James Rodriguez
11. Leo Messi
12. Cristiano Ronaldo
13. Andrea Pirlo
14. Andres Iniesta
15. Phillip Lahm
16. Guy Demel
17. David De Gea
18. Tim Howard
19. Clint Dempsey
20. Geoff Cameron

11. Wage (lowest to highest) Quantity of Players Supplied
Supply Schedule
Wage (lowest to highest)
Quantity of Players Supplied

12. Wage (highest to lowest) Quantity of Players Demanded
Demand Schedule
Wage (highest to lowest)
Quantity of Players Demanded

13. Graph It!!
Wage
Quantity of Players

14. Key Ideas: Law of Demand
Price
Quantity Demanded

15. Key Idea: Law of Supply
Price
Quantity Supplied

16. Salary Growth in Soccer

19. World’s Highest Paid Athletes
Source: Forbes, 2016 rankings

20. World’s Highest Paid Athletes
Source: Forbes, 2016 rankings