violence is rapidly increasing outside of the game and tarnishing the image of professional athletes

as role models for kids. With the increase in on the field and off the field violence, new measures to

control the athletes need to be taken. It is very difficult to change the way that a game is played

because people have been playing it that way for years. The violence in sports needs to be

eliminated because of the extreme effects that continue to haunt the people involved with sport and

Athletes in pro sports are paid outrageous amounts to play, which gives them more

incentive to be violent. Some argue that the athletes deserve these wages. These enormous amounts

of money that pro athletes are making are ridiculous. "The average earned income in major league

baseball is over $800,000 a season"(Fizel, 83), and some of these players just sit the bench all

year. These high salaries are beneficial in making the athletes more violent. How is it fair that a

man that can hit a ball four hundred feet to send a baseball out of the park make $30 million a

season? Barry Bonds is truly a great athlete, bu

relation between violence in pro sports and the money the athletes make is summed up in this

they want to represent and be represented by. The image is something the management has to

Denard Walker pled guilty to assault. O'Dwyer and Walker were both suspended for 2 games and

play in the league again. (Rowe) These incidents involving NFL players are a few of the cases of

(NHL) had an unfortunate event in the early 1990's. "Take for example, the Montreal Canadians,

murder are Rae Carruth and Ray Lewis. Carruth's story is one in which he hired someone to first

to do without it. Violence and pro sports have coexisted for a long time. Violence occurs by the

jumped into the seats and "strangled, punched, slapped, pushed and kicked Mr. Camacho," the suit

wealth that can be attained by winning." (Rowe)

Superbowl on January 31, 2000. The three men got into a fight with two other men and the two

may enjoy the sport more if the fighting did not occur. So the NHL is put into a tough situation.

filed a lawsuit against both teams seeking more than $400,000. Chad Kreuter and other Dodgers

could go the other. He was looked upon as having a bad reputation off the field but the Minnesota

no longer play simply for the love of the game, but rather play for the tremendous amount of

make is what drives them to violently play their sport, because they are rewarded most of the time

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