Current sports salaries are reaching astronomical figures. Players are signing 50 million-dollar contracts and up just because they happen to be pretty good at hitting a baseball. Now pro sports are fun to watch and follow, but college games entertain just as well and they aren't receiving a legal penny. Player's don't need to be paid extravagant amounts of money. Professional sports teams should have a salary cap for each individual athlete. The economics involved in …showed first 75 words of 916 total…

…showed last 75 words of 916 total…his face will help them sell their product. Sports athletes are hot commodities. Everywhere you look there is a sports related endorsement. Some companies rely solely on sports figures to advertise even if their product has nothing to do with sports. If something is not done soon, professional athletics will crumble due to lack of support and former team owners will have to turn to illegal activities like some of their players to make money.