A tourist in the team: how to see professional sports from the inside

A tourist in the team: how to see professional sports from the inside

Huge stadiums or race tracks, thousands of fans, the world – famous competition is to touch the life of a professional athlete is a dream of many. In order to become a serious athlete you need a good natural talent, years of training, luck… Or money and connections.

A place in the squad at the auction

Often, football clubs need money and PR. For example, not so long ago in an interview with BetON the representative of the Russian football club “Tambov” said that the club has funding problems. It turns out that to solve such problems not only of the traditional ways of finding sponsors, selling tickets and merchandise. In 2009 the Moldavian club “Olimpia” has decided to earn additionally the original: sell a place in the team.As a buyer could be any able-bodied male aged 18 to 60 years. The holder of the permit part promised to bring in a good physical form, to teach tactics to determine the best position on the field, and even to play in European competition in that season “Olympia” made it to the Europa League. First, the club demanded for a package of a million euros, but there were no volunteers. Then permit football were played at the auction. The winner was a businessman from Brazil Valdesi of eustaquio Pessoa, who offered 300,000 euros. However, when it came to payment, Pessoa decided to reduce the rate 10 times, and the transaction did not take place. But the portion of hype in the press, all participants in the process received.

The son of a dictator on the field

For PR chased in the early 2000s, and the President of the Italian “Perugia” Luciano Gauci. He knew that the Apennine football is very attracted to Saadi Gaddafi – son of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. According to rumors, the contract between the Italian club and Saadi included a clause on compulsory withdrawal of the Libyan on the field in a game against his beloved Turin “Juventus”.Gaddafi’s dream came true: he was released for 15 minutes. It was the only game Libyan for “Perugia”. Everybody got what they wanted: Saadi played against idols, and the team is firmly spelled out on the pages of Newspapers. Similarly the younger Gaddafi were still in two Italian club Udinese and Sampdoria. For two seasons he played 10 minutes in a meaningless match.

Driver millions

And in the “Formula-1” there is even a special term – rent-drivers. It’s the racers, themselves or with the help of sponsors pay for their right to participate in the races. Who not only went to the start of the race: the millionaires, the children of wealthy businessmen and even Prince Bira – a member of the Royal family of Thailand, driving in the “Formula-1” in the years 1950-54. Now the level of rent-drivers increased significantly, they are racers, not only have wealthy patrons, but also significant experience in racing. For example, Aston Martin is owned by the businessman Lawrence Stroll, and his son lance is the main pilot. Stroll little experts quote quite high: for example, the official website 1хСтавка gives his victory the following season, ratio 101. This is the 12th of the probability the winner is not so bad. But could he get into the “Formula-1” without the help of the father – the big question.