Professional Sports as a Business
The way owners and athletes of sports have clouded the meaning of sports by turning a favorite past time into a business is sickening to any sports fan. Free Agency, Advertising, Enourmous Contracts, Large Endorsements, Moving teams from city to city are all the aspects of business. What happened to the time when you went to a baseball game for a reasonable price to watch the players who have made a team a franchise, though still only receive what an average man deserves. Sitting in the ballpark you loved (Tiger Stadium, Fenway Park, and Wrigley Field) you could watch 9 guys who played as hard as they could each night because they loved the game. Sports are no longer played for the gratification that comes with them but for the money that they generate. This assignment is going to outline what sports should be like, what has happened to them over the years and where they're at today. To win a championship and have fun is what sports are all about in High School. Our school athletes don't receive any incentive to do what they love they do it because it's what they enjoy. This shouldn't change as the ranks get higher but it does. Why is the money more important then a Championship? Championships are the second thing spor
The start of all these problems begins with free agency. Without free agency there isn't such a diverse range in talent from team to team, then no need for big contracts to keep players from leaving, no need for advertisement for another source of income, no need for strikes because everyone would be paid well and equally, and no need of going to new markets because they would already have a loyal market. It is obvious that some of these things wouldn't change but it would be a lot better if free agency wasn't allowed. Why is it rare for a team to win back to back titles like the Broncos? This is because they cannot keep the team together since other teams are out searching for better talent and players are going to where the money is (Kevin Brown (LA Dodgers) $100, 000, 000). Now you get small market teams who don't have the money therefore don't produce causing owner's to leave to bigger markets to make more money. And what if the big market city isn't bringing in the large amount of money, you move again or raise ticket prices (A ticket to a football game costs about $50 each on average. Though they only play about 8 home games. A hockey ticket costs around $40 and they have about 45 home games) Where does all the money in hockey go? It is one large chain reaction and one thing effects the other. Owners are producing a product to entertain the fans (what professional sports should do) but are taking advantage of how much they are taking from the fans (money from advertisements, ticket prizes..). You could call it a monopoly and there is no one tr
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Approximate Word count = 1051
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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