The Unjustness of Sports

This article really got me thinking. I realize that morals of society have been thrown out the window. No one cares now a days whether or not you are intelligent or talented or creative...none of that matters. Our society is based on money, if you have it, your in; if you don't, your not. That's it; that's how it is. I think its pathetic to hear the lawyer or the doctor complaining about their season ticket prices increasing. Then they go and blame the price increase on the players that they go to watch. They blame the players for making to much money... they are upper-class people who can afford season tickets and their complaining that the players make too much money! News flash, those people make too much money. If a small town, i don't know, grocery clerk was complaining it be a little different but the fact that these stuck up rich people have the nerve to say someone else is making to much money, i just think that's ridiculous, ya know? In this article it then starts to talk about how there's so much pressure on the sport leagues to make sure that their players are not using "physical enhancers" to help their game because its not fair. Well if its not fair for the athletes to be doing drugs (more or less) then why is it that no one tests musicians or actors?? This article brings up a very good point that I have never even thought about up until I read it. Why is it that know one cares how high a musician is when they go out and play a concert, but would flip out if they discovered that a baseball player was on steroids during the season? The article then points out that if everyone is making such a big deal about steroids being an unfair advantage, why doesn't anyone even say a word when actresses get nose jobs or liposuction, I mean there just keeping a competitive edge right? When beauty becomes more marketable then intelligence or skill, one realizes how incredibly self-centered our society has become. I don't know I guess this article just really got me thinking about how unjust our society really is. I mean some of these actors are making eight digit salaries while some people in the United States are living in poverty. Then to have some people complain about that athletes make too much money, but don't even mention the salaries of the movie stars or musicians is just plain ignorant. God, why can't people just think. It annoys me that there are such ignorant people in the world. The fact that they're worried about not being able to go to concerts or movies or sporting events, when some people cant even feed their families. I don't know maybe I'm going to deep on this one but.... that article brought up some pretty solid points.