[nikkev]

I find the conclusions made by this paper to be dubious. Perhaps the reporting is weak and did not properly delve into the methodology used by the authors of the paper to draw their conclusions. But based on the article, couldn't it be possible that teams that have the higher percentage of superstars opted to load up on star players and therefore had less resources to flesh out the rest of the team. What would be the point of having let's say five or six world class players in soccer if you can only recruit below average players for the rest of the positions.