Baseball Salaries
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.