A Tale of Two Cities

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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

In his most recent book, Mad as Hell by Mike Lupica, he lets Doc Rivers (former

And the President of Indiana University has the gall to insinuate that this issue was over

Approximate Word count = 1216
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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