Se justifica pagar tanto? (SPA-ENG)

Is it worth paying so much?

In several sports something is happening that is becoming a habit and that will surely cause serious problems in the future in those leagues where multimillion-dollar contracts do not stop being signed and for figures that are ridiculous and alarming.

A few days ago I was reading a couple of posts here in the #fulldeportes feed about the huge number of injuries that are seen daily, mainly in European football, and we all without exception think that it is the fault of the management that insists on creating new tournaments and expanding the existing ones by tightening the schedules of the main teams and forcing their players to participate in matches with little rest.

We also say that this is due to the greed of those same management trying to obtain more and more income, perhaps we should also add to the equation that many teams sign multimillion-dollar contracts with several of their stars and that also contributes to the need to have more and more fresh funds.

Players ask and manage grants, it is like malignant feedback that cannot be stopped, on the contrary, it becomes an ascending spiral that we sense will one day explode.

In the NFL and the MLB these things also happen, especially speaking the National Football League this season we learned of the largest contract ever paid to date and that fell to the quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys, Dak Prescott, in my opinion, a QB who is not extraordinary, but a good player and in that position, there are several who are, most of them. Why he is paid so much money is a mystery to me, but that is how things are and the facts seem to confirm the reality, in 4 games played in this season that has just begun, his record is 2 won and 2 lost with 6 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, modest numbers.

Another emblematic case of this sport that has already surpassed baseball in the preferences of the American public is that of Joe Burrow, quarterback of the Cincinnati Bengals who also got a multimillion-dollar contract and his statistics do not justify such a sum of money either, 4 plays 1 win and 3 losses, 7 touchdowns and 1 interception.

In both cases, the nervousness and personal demands to try to perform by the recognition received are evident, let's hope that this does not translate into important injuries.

There are many other cases, although I think that these two are enough to show the prevailing imbalance.

At least the NFL's income is still enough to have a regular season within the limits imposed by a high-risk sport for the physical, they cannot extend the rope too much, they have already done so for the last time a couple of years ago and there is no room for more, there is also no possibility of international events because despite the efforts it continues to be a sport limited to the scope of the United States of America; If the leaders continue to sign these contracts for huge sums, they will surely know where to get the money to pay for them, although if they continue to make mistakes and give away money, a happy ending is not foreseen here either.

Sports are creating dangerous, partly destructive trends. For now, the victims are the fans because they pay for the party. The players, who receive the money from these multimillion-dollar contracts, are also victims. Probably second, the leaders who happily sign the agreements are generally protected from disasters, and after all, it is not money that comes out of their pockets.

We will see how this novel continues, going from love to suspense and dangerously close to being considered a horror story.