Right now the biggest controversy in sports is that of the Bay Area Laboratories Co-Operative (BALCO). BALCO executives reportedly sent shipments of steroids to players, including Barry Bonds who currently holds the record for most homeruns in a season. The question is will this affect the amount of people watching the games, and will companies investing in the sport reroute their money elsewhere? <Tab/>Last year testing revealed that 5-7 percent …
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…stake in the Arizona Diamondbacks despite the fact that he will remain one of the team's partners. "All you have to do is look at the new economic structure, the television ratings, the merchandise sales, the ticket sales and it's easy to see the interest level in the game is close to an all-time high. Unfortunately, a negative issue like this takes away from that growth, but baseball is strong enough to withstand a blow."