Sports Salaries

Part I of Essay
Most people in America feel that pro athlete's salaries are too high. Current are reaching astronomical figures. Players are signing 50 million-dollar contracts and up just because they happen to be pretty good at hitting a baseball. Just the other day Kevin Brown signe ....

Part II of Essay
.... have greedy owners and you have greedy players, all of them fighting over absurd amounts of money. And, in the end, it's the fans who get screwed" (Donovan 1). One dispute between the two sides is the "Larry Bird Exception". This rule basically allows teams to ignore the salary cap and re sign a veteran at any price. Michael Jordan alone makes 6 million more than the team salary cap. The owners want this modified because some teams are just too good. The players don't want to budge on this issue. Their side on this is that there is n ....