Controversial Athletes in Sports Due to the greediness of sports figures, professional athletes are not punished in the same manner as other professionals are. Its like they are in a completely different group that uses anentirely different set of morals. Team owners care more about making their money than they doabout setting a good example for young kids and making pro sports fun again rather than abusiness. Three good examples of this greediness are Roberto Alomar, Warren Sapp, and DennisRodman. Team owners and their respective leagues need to do something to turn this situationaround 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 ofbaseballs best all-around players and a sure in for the Hall of Fame. In a 1996 divisional playoffgame, Alomar was up to bat; Umpire John Hirschbeck called Alomar out on strikes. Alomar wentback to the dugout where he started to argue the call with Hirschbeck. The umpire finally tossedAlomar; Orioles manager Davey Johnson, along with Alomar went racing to home plate to arguethe ejection. As Alomar was being pushed away by Johnson, he spit at Hirschbeck. Alomar wassuspended for five games which was to be served at the beginning of the 1997 season, so he couldcontinue to play in the playoffs. A five game suspension for this type of action is inexcusable andshould have been more severe. Major league umpires threatened to strike during the playoffs dueto Almomars behavior and inadequate punishment. This may have been different if Alomarwasnt such a high profile player who brings in enough money for the league; that its officials feltthey could justify their actions. Warren Sapp, payed 4.2 million dollars a year and was one of the best defensive players inthe 1995 NFL Draft. Sapp had tested positive for drugs, mainly marijuana, seven times whileplaying college football at Miami, incl...
