Did you know that the top paid teams in the league are always in first or second place? The New York Yankees, the top paid team, has won the most World Series of any baseball team. "[They] led the major leagues [in salary] with an average of nearly $4 million" (Blum 1). Furthermore, these teams are the most expensive to watch. Ticket prices have skyrocketed over the last ten years because the owners must have enough money …
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…payed athletes in professional sports. By the same token these are millionaire men playing a kids game, gettting paid millions of dollars to have fun. Nothing is ever good enough, they always want more. So many millions are being spent on sports already why make matters worse. It seems like more then ever teams are buying championship, and building franchise teams. All together, sports are putting a damper on American spirits and the American dollar.