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Boca Juniors tries to purchase rights to Pelé and Garrincha. Good example of Boca and River's competitive zeal to buy major players, known as the era of fútbol espectáculo.

Minimum salary, percentage of gate receipts, and overall financial balance are key to ending the strike

17 years of ineptitude in the professionalization of soccer led to the problems, while rumors circulate of an accord.

Article presents the grievances and concerns of club officials, AFA, and the players

Popular sports magazines like Campeón offer an insight into the concerns of fans, such as ticket prices

This is the beginning of what will become a new format for 1967

A salary of 300,000 pesos a year (versus the 80,000 pesos Minella earned) stands out in the article that shows that AFA bent over backwards to hire Zubeldía

Despite the myth that the sale of Enrique Omar Sívori financed the construction of the 4th side of River Plate's stadium, the plans were set in motion well before his transfer in 1958.

These images must correlate with ticket prices for 1948

Language demonstrates a negative attitude towards the players and the loss of revenue that the strike caused. There's also a brief blurb about the English referees contracted for 1949.

These images must correlate with ticket prices for 1947

The records for 1946 do not include number of tickets sold, but this record shows how much money soccer earned in ticket sales.

AFA temporarily raised ticket prices to help raise funds for other sports associations (chess, track & field, basketball, bowling, handball, table tennis, and workers' sports orhanizations). In addition, three sports associations received donations…

This chart lists the number of tickets sold in 1945--over 3 million

Helpful in seeing how the AFA managed its financial records before Perón. The following year, expenses and income increased by aprox. 80,000 pesos from the 230,000s to the 310,000s

A very helpful tool for measuring attendance over time
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