“Professionalism is killing football. The spectacle and the quality of this sport are waned due to the expediency and the accomplishment of the clubs’ aspirations”. These thoughts are coming to the fans’ minds more often than ever, especially the elder ones, by criticizing the new rules which are recently established in the football market and by reminiscing the times when football did not have this commercial/professional form.

Abstract

The main purpose of this research focuses on the European leagues, so as to examine the differences between the modern football times and the football of the old