Baseball Salaries
This paper addresses the issue of the extreme increases in salaries of major league baseball players. It looks at the effects of these increases on all areas of the game, from competitiveness, to fan appeal, to financial issues. It also looks at the different perspectives of all involved, including the owners, players, and the fans. Also shown in the paper are the possible solutions to the problem of baseball salaries, along with some of the possible negative outcomes in the future if nothing is doneIt can no longer be said that baseball is just a game. Actually, it has been many years since that statement could be considered true. Only recently, however, did the entire nation, not just sports fans realize the extent to which this fact is true. Athletes, for the most part, have always been paid better than the average American; but now, with Alex Rodriguez's new contract, he is truthfully worth just as much as the entire franchise that he plays for. Baseball salaries have skyrocketed out of control, and something must be done before the integrity of the game, and eventually, the game itself is destroyed. There are many reasons why this will happen, and this claim will be suppor
The players union is the single most powerful force in baseball. It doesn't matter what the owners say, need players in order to put a product on the field. Players union head Donald Fehr says there is no chance of a salary cap, and with the past record in labor disputes stated earlier, there is no reason to doubt him. Abrams, R.I. (1998) Legal Bases:Baseball and the Law. Philadelphia; Temple University Press. Over a dozen teams will increase ticket prices this season in order to support the payrolls they have established (Fisher and Heller, 2001, par. 11). There must be a limit to how much a person is willing to pay to go watch a baseball game. With the current rate of salary growth, there is no reason why ticket prices would not keep on growing right along with it. Fans want to go watch competitive baseball, and it their team is not in competition for the playoffs, then it will reduce attendance (Fuhr, 1999 par. 6). An example of this was shown in the 1950s, when the New York Yankees were the single dominant team. Overall attendance decreased, because there was very little good competition. Fuhr, J. (1999). Stee-rike Four! What's Wrong With the Business of Baseball? Atlanta Economic Journal, 27(2), 38 paragraphs. Retrieved February 24, 2001 from Friends University Library on-line Database: http:library.friends.edu:2066.
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Approximate Pages = 12 (250 words per page double spaced)
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