One of the main reasons that these salaries escalate is society. Fans (the public) dishes out $50 for a ticket, $100 for a jacket, and $20 for a hat of their favorite team. The prices and salaries keep going up, because athletes know that the public will pay for it. If society stopped paying these ridiculous prices, and there were no monies coming in, would the prices and/or salaries increase? No. Teams would not be able to keep paying athletes “out of this world” salaries, because there would be insufficient funds being taken in.

Michael Jordan is a prime example; he too falls into this category of

Today’s athletes are missing the point of sports, which is to have fun. It’s as simple as that. The players are too greedy when it comes to their salaries. Every year, players skip out on mini-camps or practices because they think that they are worth more money than what they are being offered. It doesn’t matter if these actions hurt the organization, they are only looking to better their own standing. The fact of the matter is that none of these players actually need this money. When is the last time that a professional athlete that couldn’t get by in the world or support his or her family? Never. They could all take substantial pay-cuts and still live better lifestyles than most of the population. But these athletes still insist that need this money. The athletes should look at the 1997 Pittsburg Pirates. They were a group of average players whose total salary was less than Albert Belle’s personal salary. Yet, they were in the hunt for a playoff spot midway through the season, while Belle’s White Sox were not (Shepherd).

All of this money that these players are making just leads to more problems. When a person signs a big contract, it immediately brings a new level of scrutiny to the player. Everyone is recognizing the person for his salary, and not his contributions on the field. When a player has a bad day, he can no longer have the luxury of getting away with it. It’s easy to spot more and more frustrated players who are getting into shouting matches with their teammates on the sidelines. Once these players start getting all of this money, their egos enlarge; they begin to think that they are better and more valuable than the other players on the team. If they are not happy with the way that things are going, the player becomes vocal with his opinions. In Jacksonville (Jaguars), linebacker Bryce Paup is complaining about being dropped back into pass coverage when he’d rather be racking up the sacks on his stats. Also, in Carolina (Panthers), tight end

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