Controversial Athletes In Sports

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Controversial Athletes in Sports
Controversial Athletes in Sports Due to the greediness of sports figures, professional athletes are not punished in the same manner as other professionals are. It’s like they are in a completely different group that uses an entirely different set of morals. Team owners care more about making their money than they do about setting a good example for young kids and making pro sports fun again rather than a business. Three good examples of this greediness are Roberto Alomar, Warren Sapp, and Dennis Rodman.
Team owners and their respective leagues need to do something to turn this situation around before they have murderers and rapists playing sports for millions of dollars a year. Roberto Alomar makes 5.5 million dollars a year due to his five Gold Gloves. He is one of baseballs best all-around players and a sure in for the Hall of Fame. In a 1996 divisional playoff game, Alomar was up to bat; Umpire John Hirschbeck called Alomar out on strikes. Alomar went back to the dugout where he started to argue the call with Hirschbeck. The umpire finally tossed Alomar; Orioles manager Davey Johnson, along with Alomar went racing to home plate to argue the ejection. As Alomar was being pushed away by Johnson, he spit at Hirschbeck. Alomar was suspended for five games which was to be served at the beginning of the 1997 season, so he could continue to play in the playoffs. A five game suspension for this type of action is inexcusable and should have been more severe. Major league umpires threatened to strike during the playoffs due to Almomar’s behavior and inadequate punishment. This may have been different if Alomar wasn’t such a high profile player who brings in enough money for the league; that its officials felt they could justify their actions.
Warren Sapp, paid 4.2 million dollars a year and was one of the best defensive players in the 1995 NFL Draft. Sapp had tested positive for drugs, mainly mariju...