The Agents Arrive: There Must be Money Somewhere … Or Is There?

Gary Hopkins

Chapter Chapter 7 in Star-Spangled Soccer, 2010, pp 169-191 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In the era of $350,000 per week contracts, orchestrated by avaricious agents for their pampered stars to parade their wares in Spain, Italy and England, it’s interesting and at times disheartening to look at just how the USA domestic players have fared over the past 20 years. While in 2009 Clint Dempsey, the Fulham striker and Texan native, signed a reported $75,000 per week five-year contract and Tim Howard at Everton and Brad Friedel at Aston Villa both “pull down” serious salaries, what of those however not driving Bentley convertibles down the Kings Road in London? What of those toiling in Kansas, taking second jobs in D.C. and freezing in Chicago? What of the plight of US-born professional soccer players?

Keywords: Soccer Player; Professional Sport; National Team; Unfair Labor Practice; Average Player (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-230-27804-2_8

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