Economically, there is a major problem with Major League Baseball right now. Major League Baseball reported that it lost over five hundred million dollars in the 2001 season (Banks 1). ... With salaries like Manny Ramirez's, it shouldnt surprise people that major league franchises can lose money in a given season. ... Once every team has done this, 75% of this sum is then divided up evenly among the 30 major league franchises (Urban 1). ... Better competition is another reason Major League Baseball would like to contract. ...

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Therefore I am only discussing the salaries of players in the National Basketball Association (NBA), Major League Baseball (MLB), National Hockey League (NHL), and National Football League (NFL). ... The last clarification is that I will be addressing professional athletes as a whole, and not addressing each particular league, although I will be utilizing examples from the independent leagues. ... There are four major reasons that I feel athletes deserve all of their money. ... To give a better statistic according to MLB statistics of the players who are drafted each year in the MLB draft on...

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Major League Baseball players are the best in the world at what they do. ... During the 1918 season, he led the American League with 11 home runs. ... His infidelities were widely rumored around the league. ... Despite this dislike by many of the players in the league, he was greatly loved by the public. ...

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One major problem is called competitive imbalance. Competitive imbalance has to do with the fact that only a small amount of professional teams have the money and the talent to compete with other teams in their league (Markiewicz 1). ...

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Therefore it made little sense to construct a major sports stadium in an area that had such a small population. ... The late 1940s and early 1950s saw a major influx in suburbs and automobiles. ... Looking at Walter O'Malley's stint as an owner in the MLB he had one of the leagues most successful franchises and also one of the most profitable. ... Voted on in December of 1934, the National League owners voted in favor of introducing night baseball the following year in Cincinnati, Ohio . ... With time the innovation was accepted league wide, which brings up the comparison of th...

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"They should have a girls' league too. ... In Garden City, N.Y., the Little League keeps no standings for ages five through nine but introduces that unforgiving metric for its 10-year-olds. ... Pee Wee Baseball League 10-year-olds are consigned to "minor league" play except those who, in the cold and determinist words set forth on the organization's website, "are ready." ...

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