find a way to penalize the agents that knowingly contact students who have potential to go pro.The fact of the matter is that morality comes second to money in most cases. Unfortunately, athletics is no different. If this fact were not true, how many of our sports hero's would even be known by the public? The Dallas Mavericks (a professional basketball team) signed Denis Rodman to a short-term contract, not because he was a great rebounder, but because he was sure to draw larger home crowds. Even when Rodman became disruptive to the team and had been suspended, management kept him on the pay role because of increased revenues. Rodman was eventually released from the team when he was costing the team more than he was making. Lattreal Sprewell choked his coach, and instead of being banned from the league for that type of violence, was re-instated a year later for a different team where he could make more money for the NBA. The NHL (National Hockey League) is the professional sports league that stands out as having the largest morality debt. Representatives from the league are on television often, talking about the sportsmanship in the game of hockey, but consider fighting part of the sport. Twice this year, players have hit opponents with their sticks. Though the players were both suspended, there has been no move to stop things like this from happening. By encouraging fighting by it's players, the NHL has given the audience what it wants, and forced players to resort to dirtier practices to protect themselves. I truly believe that after high school, morality in sport becomes a crutch used when it is in the best interest of the program. From the Pro's to the amateur level, coaches bend the rules as much as possible and as long as it's not too blatant, the governing bodies look the other way. Division three and high school athletics are different from the other levels of play, because there is no incentive other than the game...
