the Yankees might not lead the league in payroll year in and year out.” Baseball needs see how the other professional organizations are handling this same dilemma. The problem in baseball is that all of the good players who become free agents eventually go to the big market teams. Seriously now, who’s going to want to stay in a place where they know there is no money? The small market teams do not have the money to sign most players, so they have to develop their talent from the minor leagues. Even so, soon after they develop these new talented players they are lost to big market teams when the player’s contract is up and the small market teams cannot afford to pay them. Another quote took from Jayson Stark’s column was this; “A prime example of this is the Montreal Expos. The Expos have had many marquee players in the past but failed to re-sign these players after their contracts ran out. If the Expos were in a big market they would be great, but the problem is they are in a small market town with and old, out of date ballpark.” Unfortunately this is a rapidly growing problem in baseball, and something must be done.Another problem with the high salaries developing in Major League Baseball is that it takes the loyalty out of the sport. Fewer players are playing their whole careers with the team they originated with; instead players are jumping to another team when their contract is up so that they can make more money. Another quote taken from Jayson Stark’s column says, “The athlete does not seem to care about the loyalty and love of the game but rather about putting more money in the bank.” Before baseball was not about money it was about doing what you love for a living. These days it is almost like a contest to see who can make the most money. In the early 1980’s, Nolan Ryan became Major League Baseball’s first one million dollar man. Now a little over a...
