If they were that valuable, they should've paid them accordingly. Compensation is the most direct marker of "value". If you're valued more, you get paid more.
> often to everyone's detriment
Presumably not the acquiring team's.
> See US women's soccer last year
They played 1 game in 2020, which they won. This year, their W-D-L record reads 15-3-2, which is pretty damn good.[1] Their contract negotiations might have been fractious, but they still performed on the field.
If they were that valuable, they should've paid them accordingly. Compensation is the most direct marker of "value". If you're valued more, you get paid more.
> often to everyone's detriment
Presumably not the acquiring team's.
> See US women's soccer last year
They played 1 game in 2020, which they won. This year, their W-D-L record reads 15-3-2, which is pretty damn good.[1] Their contract negotiations might have been fractious, but they still performed on the field.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_women%27s_nation...