Players could sign with any team once their contract expired, as sports economist Andrew Zimbalist explains.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

But 62 percent of Thai workers are in the informal sector, such as contract workers,farmers, street hawkers, and motorcycle-taxi drivers.

VOA: standard.2010.03.24

The Thai economy is forecast to contract by as much as four percent this year, leaving as many as two million unemployed.

VOA: standard.2009.04.06