To me, incidents that happen on the field are more significant than off-field because the integrity of the sport is being compromised. That means baseball's steroid problem and the NBA referee scandal is worse than Michael Vick's legal problem, no matter how bad it seems.
[QUOTE="Darkavenger508"]the World Series black Sox scandal. That should be on your listwallymartin
That should be at the top of every list.
Yeah, but that was in 1911. Don't today's players make too much money to risk doing something like the Black Sox? Maybe I'm a bit naive, but if I was making the amount these players do,I would make sure I didn't do anything to risk the loss of my job.
[QUOTE="Darkavenger508"]the World Series black Sox scandal. That should be on your listVoxParadiso
That should be at the top of every list.
Yeah, but that was in 1911. Don't today's players make too much money to risk doing something like the Black Sox? Maybe I'm a bit naive, but if I was making the amount these players do,I would make sure I didn't do anything to risk the loss of my job.
yeah, i didn't put the black sox scandal in because that was nearly a hundred years ago (1919 though, not 1911)and society and politics were completely different back then. black people still weren't even close to being allowed to play baseball and gambling and corruption were far more common than now. i figured i'd post stuff more recent that more people can relate to.
The Chicago Black Sox are the reason Pete Rose is banned for life(indirectly, of course). If ever someone wants to speak ill of Professional Sports, citing monetary gain over love of the game, it is the perfect example. It may have many decades ago, but that does not diminish the significance of it.
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