Soccer player sold for chunk of meat

[JimmyG37]

Even better, after being traded for the meat, the player quit playing the sport.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=360149&cc=5901

Romanian player sold for a chunk of meat

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BUCHAREST -- Romanian second division soccer club UT Arad sold a player in exchange for 15 kilograms of meat, local sport daily Pro Sport reported on Monday.

However, fourth division Regal Horia made a bad deal because defender Marius Cioara decided to end his footballing career and take off to Spain to find a job in agriculture or construction.

"We are upset because we lost twice -- firstly because we lost a good player and secondly because we lost our team's food for a whole week," a Regal Horia official was quoted as saying by the daily in its electronic edition.

[marco]

Weird... gives a little meaning to the "for a bag of pucks" trade proposals.