Valuing Talent in Sport Ep 18-11

Sport is a commodities market and the #1 commodity in sport is Talent!

It’s like the Wild West, Guns for Hire and it’s BIG BUSINESS.

You’ve probably heard all about it: The Largest Deal In Professional Sport History. Juan Soto, $765 Million over 15 years. With signing bonus and incentives, he will earn close to $840,000,000 by the time its all done.

Soto is obviously a HOT commodity but how do you value Talent? It’s a numbers game. A player’s performance numbers compared to all other players, it’s a market value system.

It’s Cut and Dry, Black and White and it is Absolutely Unforgiving.

Either you have the numbers, or you do not. However, what do you do as a young player with a dream of playing in the big leagues? Or as a parent of an athlete who has that dream? Or as a coach of a driven passionate kid who loves sport.

My best advice, for what it’s worth, is to get an understanding of the long game that is athlete development and read up on Talent.

This can really help you guide your athlete through the process and at the same time give you some great knowledge that you can use to make informed decisions. That is exactly what we are going to do on this week’s episode of Krush Performance as we sum up all of our work looking into Talent and Talent ID.

Soto’s contract with bonuses and clauses can add up to more than $840 million over the 15 years – he’ll be 41. It’s Great Work if you can get it and there is nothing like the thrill of the chase when you are creating coachable players.

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