Introduction I. How many times have you been watching a professional game and you've heard the announcers say, "Oh, he just signed a twenty four million-dollar contract…" II. How many times have you heard the team you love, end up in finical trouble? III. Has the team you love to watch had to move cities? IV. Have you heard that your team got sold to another person? V. Chances are you have heard some of …showed first 75 words of 486 total…

…showed last 75 words of 486 total…IV. Managers and owners of teams are all about one thing and that's making money. A. If they can sell rights to their games, they make money, which in turn can pay part of the player's salary. Sites used so far: www.nike.com http://www.cnnsi.com/baseball/mlb/news/2000/04/05/mlb_salaries_ap/ http://www.cnnsi.com/basketball/nba/news/2000/01/27/top_payrolls/ http://www.cnnsi.com/basketball/nba/news/1999/11/22/nba_salaries/ www.espn.com