Sports or a Job?

Football, basketball, baseball and all sports have evolved and changed over time at the professional level. Years ago once a player was drafted by a team, he spent his entire career playing for said team and organization. Now players a commodities changing teams as frequently as a teenage girl dresses up for a high school dance.

            My question to you is why?

            Professional sports have and is making the transition from that of love and sport to the occupation of a job. Athletes or employees are no longer playing the game because of their passion for the sport, but because of the money involved. This has consequentially destroyed and diminished some of the integrity of the game. This was demonstrated clearly in last year’s NFL holdout as several games were missed simply because players and owners, millionaires were fighting over thousands of dollars.

            Professional athletes and owners just play the game because of the love and passion for the game and stop polluting the respect and integrity of what was once a beautiful athletic spectacle.