Originally posted by the Bear:
[b]A pizza a week
A Norwegian soccer player has been tempted to continue his
career after a local club promised him a rather unusual
salary.
Striker Bård Erik Olsen, 32, has eight years experience with
Norwegian second division club Sprint-Jeløy, and a stint with
former top division club Moss, but had decided it was time to phase
out sport and spend more time with his daughter.
But fifth division club Tronvik was looking for a power striker,
and thought they might tempt Olsen to beef up and delay retirement,
newspaper Moss Avis reports.
It started as a joke, but in the end the promise of a pizza a week
convinced the striker to say yes.
"I can't just completely cut out football all of a sudden, so I am
glad that Tronvik want me," Olsen told Moss Avis.
"For a few years we've tempted Bård Erik to Tronvik and said he
could eat as much pizza as he wanted. Now that we have a chance
we'll keep our word," said club member Kjetil Jensen.
Norway's lower division teams have made headlines for odd contracts
before, with one high-profile transfer involving a player being
sold for his weight in prawns.
(source: Aftenposten - News from Norway)[/b]
For love of the game.
Try tit for tat with any one of the s-legue players. Most likely
worth only a prata though.