How to Clean Up Major League Sports
Aug 6, 2013 14:08:58 #
Pepper
Loc: Planet Earth Country USA
eye2eye wrote:
Nobody goes into baseball without first loving the game. If you're not good at it, there is no way fame and fortune are going to lure you in. It's not possible unless you were born with a natural ability and everything came easy to you. You may become disillusioned over time, but you still love the game, don't you?
Yes I do still love the game and it just makes me sick when I see what's going on especially the drug related crap. I wish I had some answers but I don't only tears.
Aug 6, 2013 14:15:26 #
Saw this on this website after the previous post..
Ironic !
Phil
Ironic !
Phil
Ironic
Aug 6, 2013 19:22:47 #
Aug 6, 2013 19:39:44 #
eye2eye wrote:
I suggest you go to watch a minor league team if there is one in your area. Now THOSE guys love to play ball and are not in it for the money.
Yep Yep, we have the LONG ISLAND DUCKS here in Suffolk County,
seats are 20 bucks or so, all the conveniences of the Major leagues, and the players are SUPERB, great heads up ball.
The players are happy to chat with the fans ( and do not charge for autographs) good natured honest fun.
Aug 6, 2013 21:04:49 #
We have a Single-A team here, the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, currently in the California League farm system for the Dodgers. They play at the Epi-Center and their mascot is Tremor (jersey # 4.8) and his sidekick Aftershock (jersey # 2.4).
They, as well as the team, put on a good show and keep the fans involved.
Fans are typically polite, with the usual but not mean comments about "Blue being blind"...
The players make very little in salary and the team's booster club helps out with "sponsors" who keep their "kids" involved, having them over for holiday get togethers, even providing housing for players during home stands.
For info on our booster club,
http://rcquakesboosterclub.org/host-family-info.html
So, yes, these kids are dreaming of making it to "the show" with its attendant prestige and perks.
So, they are willing to pay their dues, suffer through long bus rides, cheap motels and smelly locker rooms.
Do they love the game?
I would think so...
But, can they be corrupted?
Yes, when they can be convinced that the end justifies the means...
And that will continue until someone with the authority makes it unprofitable to continue cheating the system.
Phil
They, as well as the team, put on a good show and keep the fans involved.
Fans are typically polite, with the usual but not mean comments about "Blue being blind"...
The players make very little in salary and the team's booster club helps out with "sponsors" who keep their "kids" involved, having them over for holiday get togethers, even providing housing for players during home stands.
For info on our booster club,
http://rcquakesboosterclub.org/host-family-info.html
So, yes, these kids are dreaming of making it to "the show" with its attendant prestige and perks.
So, they are willing to pay their dues, suffer through long bus rides, cheap motels and smelly locker rooms.
Do they love the game?
I would think so...
But, can they be corrupted?
Yes, when they can be convinced that the end justifies the means...
And that will continue until someone with the authority makes it unprofitable to continue cheating the system.
Phil
Aug 7, 2013 06:34:06 #
and another way is to stop paying them those millions and pay each player the same amount for playing the same sport, around $50,000 ech
Aug 7, 2013 07:36:32 #
Why not start at the High School level??...You committ certain acts or crimes,no college schlorship...you committ certain acts or crimes in college...no pro contract!! Do this and watch how the face of the game changes!! Tired of seeing good, clean cut kids, with just a smidge less talent, never get a chance to play college or pro ball,while people like Vick, Ray Coruthers, Ray Lewis,Hernandez, are allowed to make millions,while some poor kid,who did everything the right way,never got a chance! Also make the schlorship atheletes take legit classes and get legit grades!
Aug 7, 2013 07:53:25 #
I agree with Phil but there are too many variables that would not make a total ban fair, false positives, legal prescriptions, etc. However, once a player has been found to have used PEDs he/she should be banned for life from that sport.
Aug 7, 2013 07:57:32 #
Aug 7, 2013 08:48:26 #
Aug 7, 2013 08:55:18 #
phil7782 wrote:
The Baseball Commissioner is going about it all wr... (show quote)
Regarding Rule 3, it should state that such players WILL be tested RANDOMLY at some interval consistent with clearance times for the drugs in question, at their expense.
Aug 7, 2013 09:13:56 #
Pepper wrote:
The fan is the only one who cares about the game. The MLBC, the owners, the players and their union have had dollars at the center of the table for years. The game itself has become the vehicle by which the dollars of interest are generated. There was a day believe it or not when players actually played because they loved the game.
You got it! :thumbup:
Aug 7, 2013 09:14:26 #
phil7782 wrote:
Baseball:
20 minutes of excitement crammed into 3 hours.
But, how exciting those 20 minutes can be !!
Phil
20 minutes of excitement crammed into 3 hours.
But, how exciting those 20 minutes can be !!
Phil
Not much.
Aug 7, 2013 13:04:02 #
phil7782 wrote:
The Baseball Commissioner is going about it all wr... (show quote)
I may have heard incorrectly, on the radio, but it was my understanding that ALL of the 13 players recently suspended from playing, were NOT caught by drug tests.
They were ratted out by....I think it was someone who worked at the clinic.
I basically agree with ur reasoning, we just need sufficient tests to catch the offenders.
Aug 7, 2013 13:05:35 #
phil7782 wrote:
Baseball:
20 minutes of excitement crammed into 3 hours.
But, how exciting those 20 minutes can be !!
Phil
20 minutes of excitement crammed into 3 hours.
But, how exciting those 20 minutes can be !!
Phil
If you think that's fun, try watch a Cricket Test Match.
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