Tuesday, February 22, 2011

The State of American Sports

What is going on with sports in America right now? It's getting to be ridiculous. Maybe it's just me, but professional sports are becoming as selfish and greedy as Wall Street. The NBA has obviously taken center stage with the BS, and the Carmelo deal still has me fired up. I can't get over the fact that the players get to agree on where they want to go. Now, there are players like Deron Williams and Chris Paul already discussing where they'll be willing to go after the season. That's being a great team player. If one of those guys was on my team, I wouldn't want to go to war with him. I can't imagine someone in the real world talking in public around their co-workers about which company they're going to switch to at the end of the quarter. Just doesn't make sense.  

The NBA is not the only league that's got me fired up. Major League Baseball has its faults also. It's completely absurd the length of contracts guys are getting nowadays. The reason these contracts are insane is because a lot of guys only try in their contract years anyway. Not only players, but teams have no chance in the Majors. If you don't have an incredible farm system like the Marlins or the Rays, or the deep pockets of the Yankees, Red Sox, Cubs (who still will never win), or Dodgers how are you supposed to compete? Last year was a fluke of all flukes; one out of every six years a team outside of the major players has a chance to win. 

All this being said, I'm not mad at what players get paid, because in my eyes, if somebody is willing to give you that, why would you turn it down. Also, the revenue they create is incredible. I'm not mad about the pay I'm just mad at the way it goes down. We need to fix things, or else it's gonna turn into players running the Drafts and deciding which team they want to play for and how much they'll get paid

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