Friday, June 11, 2010

World Cup win for Spain could pay off big for players.

MURCIA, Spain (Associated Press) — Spain will reportedly receive the most money out of all 32 World Cup teams if it wins the World Cup, and several Spanish political parties are unhappy at the figure with the country facing an economic crisis. The Spanish media said each player could earn 600,000 euros ($734,000) for winning the title, and collect 120,000 euros ($144,000) just for reaching the July 11 final.
Political party Izquierda Unida asked how such an amount could be paid "in the context of a general crisis where pensions are being frozen and salaries are dropping."

Goalkeeper Iker Casillas says the players have family and friends "suffering from the crisis" but that "you shouldn't mix one thing with the other."

With nearly three-quarters of a mil' each player on the team could purchase more than 36,000 of our 'Velocity' soccer jerseys (shown below) or 100,000 of our soccer ball bags...and that's just at the team price. Chances are we'd be able to get them some type of volume discount. 

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