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Is Baseball Losing Respect?
The evolution and economics of baseball in America
have changed dramatically over the past decade and has
caused many concerns with the integrity of the sport. ... Baseball it appears to me has been consistently
losing more and more fans each year because of on going
controversy, and the constant increase in the salaries of
the players.
The average baseball player’s salary in 2003 was $2. ... The reason
this is a top concern is because it has unbalanced trends
in the salaries of players. ... I am
familiar with these economic studies of baseball because I
am a college athlete, and intend to play in the major
leagues after my college career is over. ... Baseball player’s salaries are also way overpaid
according to the salaries that are paid to players that are
competing in major league baseball players in other
countries around the world. ... com) So this shows how the
economics of baseball in the United States has changed
dramatically over the past decade. ...
“This past season was the first time that salaries
surpassed two billion dollars”(http://www. ... They
tried to solve this issue by eliminating two franchises
from baseball. ... The
commissioner earlier in the year had announced that
baseball was losing millions of dollars mostly because of
the overpaid salaries that some baseball players possess;
one analyst said that “The average baseball player’s salary
rose to nearly 2. ... while the hard-working teachers, police
officers, doctors, and nurse’s salaries are nowhere close. ... This also brings up an issue on our
society’s priorities because “the average household making
less than one fifth of the lowest paid professional
baseball player, the price of the major league may be too
high. ... org)
There are many issues concerning the salary that
baseball players make. Baseball is not a fair game when it
comes to money. The players that are making the larger
salaries are pushing more players toward the low end of the
scale. ... “The
number for the middle class players has increased between
166% and 172% while the higher priced players salaries has
increased 69. ...
There is also instability of the payrolls of baseball
teams. ... The Dodgers also had two players rank in
the top 11 salaries with Kevin Brown at an average of 15
million and Shawn Green with an average of 14 million. ... Their salaries combined were about $80 million. ... com/mbl/ salaries? ... If
this problem is not resolved the younger players will
demand more money and baseball will be losing more and more
money which may result in people and fans losing respect
for the players and the game. ... This shows
the ravenous attitude of some of the players because
Thomas was already the 10th highest paid player in baseball. ... Sometimes some of the commercials and
contracts they are involved in off the field can be worth
as much or more than the contract they are paid to play
baseball.
Approximate Word count = 2414
Approximate Pages = 9.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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