Last year we received the news that the NFL player Russel Okung wanted to receive his paycheck in BTC, and on the 29th he confirmed that he received his BTC as below is shown:
Although he didn't receive his coins directly from his NFL team, he used a service that converted half of his salary in BTC, but the important thing is he did get his BTC.
In the company that I work, it is set to this new year to exchange 20-30% of your salary in BTC if you wish, it is set that in Brazil, some soccer players want to do the same thing that Russ did, using a third party to help to convert his salary. When you have the opportunity to change your normal salary, with a currency that has a inflation rate that goes higher every year, it's a nice way to actually be safe against your own governement. So it is possible that this a new form of negotiation between a employer and it's employee.
It is known that others players that have spoken before that are investing his money on crypto, but maybe we can actually see a change in the forms that the contracts are negotiated.
Since there are several big sport names joining BTC, the common sense of it's fear of something they don't understand can be gone, since those Athletes have big speach power. Imagine if even bigger Athletes such as Lebron, Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and many others would join. The only thing that i see it's a bright future ahead!
Sources:
https://frontofficesports.com/pro-athletes-cryptocurrency/ - Some Players
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russell-okung-panthers-nfl-salary-bitcoin/
