What annoys me about sports.

I don't watch sports.  I don't play them either; I'm more of a person vs self competitive person.  Being in the martial arts I have a knowledge of my body's capabilities.  That lets me respect the sports people and appreciate what they are doing.

Look at baseball, this guy has a big stick to hit this ball.  If the ball goes too far out of a small area then the batter doesn't have to hit it.  Sounds pretty easy doesn't it?  After all the pitch isn't a surprise, you can watch the pitcher wind up and release.  However this ball is also moving at around 80 to 100 mph.  It's going fast enough that if you catch it without a glove you will probably get bone fractures in your hand, maybe even break it.  The combination of physical athleticism and psychology going on in the pitcher, batter, a runner trying to steal base, and the coaches is amazing.

You could say the same about any sport really.  I just wonder if these sports people thought that they had it made and nothing could go wrong.  Me, I would let them know if they were my team it's just like another job.

If you buy a concert ticket and the performer is sick and doesn't perform then your ticket is refunded or you're given a raincheck.  The raincheck is for the venue not for the performer, the performer only gets paid when they perform.  How about your job?  You only get paid when you work.

I would love to own a professional sports team and put everyone on a performance pay system.  Let's go with football, The players are paid a base salary and then they get a bonus on performance.  A touchdown gives them a bonus of however many thousand for the team, an interception gives them however much, sacking the quarterback gives them something, etc.  Also, whenever the opposing team does those things to you then a cash penalty is applied to the pool.  Since winning is the name of the game then a bonus is given for winning and a major penalty is given for losing.

Additionally, in their contracts would be a morality clause.  If you do something that makes the team look bad (child molestation, dog fighting, drugs, dui, etc.) then you are out, by doing one of things you broke the contract.  People may say that you would shrink your talent pool if you did that.  Okay, how many pro and semi pro teams are there in the nation compared with how many people that would try out for a spot?

Every job I had there were consequences for slacking off.  Why can't we do that with sports people also?