NBA Salary Cap

There is multitude amount of benefits a person can gain from participating in sports. Some of these advantages include but are not limited to, staying fit, maintaining a good health in order to prevent illnesses, keeping a healthy sane mind, and gaining social and leadership skills. On top of all the great benefits sports offer, some people are fortunate enough to make a career of them. Sadly, according to society, not everyone is worthy of these benefits. For so many years’ women have fallen into

Basketball is one of the most talked about topics, as well as one of the most played games. Compared to other sports like American football and baseball, basketball is known around the world for the unique play style and rules of the game. It is a sport many people love to play, but people can take it too seriously which makes competition very stiff. In this decade, basketball is one of the hardest sport to be successful in, not because of the rules and playstyles; but the competition and how many

One must question if the increasing salaries in sports may have caused players to forget the reasons they began playing in the first place. What happened to the days of playing the game because it was your childhood dream to play at Wrigley Field or Yankee Stadium? The times have changed and so has the entire sports industry. The game has changed from being played on the court or field to being played behind closed office doors or out on the golf course, but are the players all to blame? From the

WHY THE NBA DREAM IS RUINING COLLEGE BASKETBALL      The National Basketball Association is a corporate powerhouse with installments in nearly every major city in the United States. With the exception of European soccer, professional basketball generates more money per season than any other sport in the world. NBA superstars carry as much authority in the entertainment business as the most popular actors, comedians, and musicians. Even the guys who are last off the bench

The Disparity Caused by Market Size in the NBA Basketball is the fastest growing sport in the world, with 450 million people playing the sport across the globe, and over a billion people watching the National Basketball Association, or NBA (CNN 2010). However, even the casual fan of the NBA will notice that there is a certain disparity when it comes the competitiveness in the league. There are thirty teams in the NBA, yet only four teams have won a combined 44 out of a possible 71 championships.

competitive balance or fairness in regards to the spirit of competition. Competitive leagues have implemented the draft process to ensure that teams with the worst records are able to acquire top draft pick players to help improve losing teams, and salary caps to prevent a select few teams from acquiring all of the talented players and depriving the rest of the league from being able

We all knew it was coming. Kevin Durant begins his selection process. With the massive TV deal leading to the rising cap, Durant will have many options. He has narrowed it down to six teams; the Thunder, Warriors, Spurs, Celtics, Heat, and Clippers. I have dissected the candidates. Thunder- No brainer. Durant was drafted by the Thunder (Supersonics) number 2 overall in the 2007 NBA draft. Durant has blossomed into a superstar with the Oklahoma City Thunder. The 7X All-Star described as the "scoring

The game of basketball is beautiful thing. With the right chemistry and connection between teammates it is something like poetry in motion. The game has developed a great deal since its start up in 1981. Newly developed rules and regulations overtime have helped build and shape the game as we know it today. Now, the game of basketball is established throughout just about every counrty with many different leagues, however, they all share the same guidelines. Basketball is a team sport. It consists

An Argument Against High Salaries in Major League Baseball Twenty-five million dollars made per year. Over one hundred fifty-four thousand dollars made per game. Over forty-seven thousand dollars earned per at bat. Sounds a little ridiculous, does it not? That is what current Texas Ranger shortstop Alex Rodriguez earns to play the game of baseball (azcentral.com). Baseball is a game that children have been playing in schoolyards and fields for the past one hundred years. It

There has always been a stereotype that says that men are faster, stronger, taller, and just better at athletics then females. Where as the other side to that stereotype is that females are flexible, have better balance, and better have better endurance then males. The problem that theses stereotypes fall into is a problem called gender logic which is where people are separated into different categories which are gender categories and sex categories. You are put into these categories based on what