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When you watch a soccer team play, the major determinant of success, wins, attributes to the quality of players and coaches, and consequently the actions they make in a game. The commercial success of a sports business, in some fashion, is affected by those same factors. It is the job of an effective sports business to manage financial values in order to maximize the potential for the management of the team. Contracting, in terms of sports management, is a key component for the financial capabilities of every soccer organization, and the valuation of player contracts can be identified as an indicator of success or detriment of a team. The goal of this paper is to explore the current contractual inconsistencies of professional soccer organizations and create a model that projects success based on average player contract and market values. The model summarizes the actual market and contract values from the top 5 leagues over the last 5 years (2018-2023) and segments the data into 4 projections based on UEFA Champions League qualification, top half of total standings, bottom half of total standings, and relegation. This summary is then filtered to establish a range of expected contract and market values for each segment, which in turn can be used as an estimation tool for professional teams to make financial projections for the success of their team.
methods of specialists also change, and although the benefits of these changes are challenged by some individuals, these procedures and recommendations from professionals inevitably affect us all. Methods and procedures of modern, medicalized childbirth, and even the significance placed on the event, are products of historical and cultural factors influenced by scientific and social trends. However, there exists a small and steadily growing number of women and families who choose to have their birth take place outside of the present societal norm, and consequently outside of hospitals. This group‘s existence and growth has been attributed to several factors, including changes in societal values, differentiation between different financial classes, and the
medicalization of childbirth. Although statistically a small percentage of the majority, these women who choose to give birth outside of a hospital exist amidst an immense ongoing controversy between gynecologists, physicians, mothers, and midwives regarding what options should be available when childbirth is undertaken in the United States.