American Sports is one of the biggest businesses in the country. Some athletes make over 15 million dollars a year yo hit a ball, shoot a ball, run a ball, and throw a ball. The most successful sports in America are football, basketball, and baseball. These 3 sports bring billions of dollars in every year. Alex Rodriguez, a New York Yankees baseball player makes more than the entire Florida Marlins Baseball team. Alex makes 28 Mill a year while the 33 player for the Marlins make 21.5. I bring this up because to put in perspective how one player can be payed this much when every player is in the same profession, it goes to show how much money is circulating sports. The difference between baseball and the rest of America's sports is that every other sport has a payroll limit. The New York Yankees pay over 200 million dollars to players while 5 other teams payrolls put together do not add up to that. I feel like the competitive nature of the sport is diminished when there is such a big gap. The history of money pumped into the Yankees organization has produced 26 world series, the closest to them are the St. Louis Cardinals with 10. I hate the Yankees not because of there success, but that most of their success has been bought and that is the worst part of sports these days.
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