It can no longer be said that baseball is just a game. Actually, it has been many years now that baseball has been more than just a simple game. Only recently did the entire nation catch on. All athletes for the most part are paid higher than the average American. Now, with Alex Rodriguez's new contract he is worth just as much as the entire franchise is.

Baseball salaries have skyrocketed, and something must be done before the integrity of the game, and eventually the game itself is destroyed. There are many reasons why and how the game could be destroyed. While the outrageous contracts that the players receive only over the last few years have been keyed on in the sports world. However since the creation of free agency in 1976, the increase in pay has been out of control. In order to see this, one only to need to look back to the first two years of free agency, where salaries doubled (Bodley). Additionally, the average salary is currently forty times higher than it was in......

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Title: Hey
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