Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Research Paper
I have decided to write my research paper on the financial aspect of Major League Baseball. There is a wide salary margin among both leagues and I plan to explore whether or not a team's payroll afftects that team's success or failure. In addition, I am going to go in depth and explore solutions to the salary descrepencies and whether or not they would have any success in the now "industry" of baseball. I will also use the history of baseball to suport my theory of how the moral of baseball has changed through out the last century and the roll money has played in that.
The biggest problem I am having is keeping my emotions out of this paper. For a long time I have had an ideolistic view of baseball and I have strong beliefs about the "heart" of baseball. I believe that money is corrupting baseball and that is no longer a sport but an industry. So i'm going to get it all out now:
I know that baseball is not a life or death situation and that some people will not care about my paper in the least. But it does matter to alot of people. It matters to the 6 year old girl whos father brings her to her first baseball game. The girl who will grow up and watch her team get crushed season after season. The girl who will watch her childhood hero get traded to a team who offered him more money. It matters to her and millions of other people who have an emotional connection to America's Pastime. Where is team loyalty? How many millions is enough? When does it stop being a sport and become a buisness? ah okay feeling a little better.
Which brings me to the So What?! Why should people care about baseball salaries? Mannix remided me of this as I was walking out the door the other day. Payroll salary problems are not exclusive to baseball. What about major corperations vs local businesses, sounds a little like the Rays vs the Phillies to me. My So What?! is going to involve me taking the payroll concept and taking out of the contexts of baseball and applying it to the real world and to situations that affect all people.
The biggest problem I am having is keeping my emotions out of this paper. For a long time I have had an ideolistic view of baseball and I have strong beliefs about the "heart" of baseball. I believe that money is corrupting baseball and that is no longer a sport but an industry. So i'm going to get it all out now:
I know that baseball is not a life or death situation and that some people will not care about my paper in the least. But it does matter to alot of people. It matters to the 6 year old girl whos father brings her to her first baseball game. The girl who will grow up and watch her team get crushed season after season. The girl who will watch her childhood hero get traded to a team who offered him more money. It matters to her and millions of other people who have an emotional connection to America's Pastime. Where is team loyalty? How many millions is enough? When does it stop being a sport and become a buisness? ah okay feeling a little better.
Which brings me to the So What?! Why should people care about baseball salaries? Mannix remided me of this as I was walking out the door the other day. Payroll salary problems are not exclusive to baseball. What about major corperations vs local businesses, sounds a little like the Rays vs the Phillies to me. My So What?! is going to involve me taking the payroll concept and taking out of the contexts of baseball and applying it to the real world and to situations that affect all people.
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