A Tale of Two Cities
I believe that money does have a corrupting influence on sports today. The effects have implications for our society in that it affects child-rearing, family values, the legitimacy of our educational processes, politics and taxes. Really, its tentacles reach Before I begin I must add two caveats: First, Sports merely mirror society and are an aspect or reflection of who we are as a people. Sports are not good or bad per se, but it is the application of our attendant values (or a lack thereof) that corrupt sports. Secondly, the corruption of sports is nothing new. It may take on new forms as we promulgate new regulations and it may extend lower and lower (age), yet money has always had a corrupting influence upon any human endeavor. Danny Almonte! Need I say more. I am referring of course to the blatant corruption of Little League. Danny Almonte’s father forged his birth certificate so that he would be eligible to compete even though his age was 2 years senior to any other player. In addition. It appears that his coach (the founder of this Bronx based league was probably a culpable coconspirator and to what end? More publicity fo
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Approximate Word count = 1216
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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