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22 Western Carolinian September 28,1995 Sports Are Professional Sports Dead? Commentary by Matthew Sink StaffReporter What has happened to professional sports? What used to be a favorite American hobby has become a major irritation. Over the past year, home runs and three-point shots have been replaced with court injunctions and late- night board meetings. The horror of paying $25 for a good ticket has paled in comparison to billion dollar figures that fly from player-owner meetings every day. It is a trend that has overtaken all of American's favorite sports, and it is killing the games that many of us grew up watching. The most recent victim of the business side of sports is the NBA. For many years, the National Basketball Association thought that it was immune from the problems that have plagued baseball and football. David Stern is an excellent commissioner, and under his direction basketball has grown from the third American sport to an international phenomenon. Basketball also has a strong union with a history of working with owners for fair agreements. Over the past decade player salaries have risen dramatically, and over the past two years we have seen mind-boggling numbers such as Glenn Robinson's last season. It seemed to everyone involved that the league should have no trouble reaching an agreement with its players. So what did happen to the NBA this year? Quite simply, the word is greed. Everyone in the NBA wins. The owners are selling out games every night. The net worth of an NBA franchise has tripled in the past five years. Player salaries are incredible. The average salary for a player in the NBA is well over one million dollars per year, up by over $500,000 from just a few years ago. Advertisers are making a killing marketing players and franchises for their products. Fans get to see great games filled with great players. Everyone wins, right? Actually, that is right, but there is another factor to put in the mix. That factor is agents. Put quite simply, agents basically control the game now. They advise and protect their players and fight to get them the best deal possible. Why? Because they get 10% of everything that a player signs for. So, when it came time for a new collective bargaining agreement between the league and the union, who pushed for more money — agents! They filled players' heads with how they really deserved more money. Of course they wanted more money for the players — that just means more money 10- year $77 million contract signed just for each of them. The fact is that players do not deserve more money. Neither do owners, of course. But many times the players do not really know what they are really asking. The Charlotte Observer reported this week that the future of the Charlotte Hornets is uncertain because they cannot afford to keep up with the rising salary cap in the small Charlotte market. Teams like Portland and Utah could also be victims. When players like Larry Johnson and Alonzo Mourning are eating away the salary cap, how can a team possibly put together a great group of players? The answer lies in what we have seen Dallas and San Francisco do in football — offer a huge signing bonus. Small market teams simply can't do it. There is another aspect to consider in all of this. When the players come together and demand more money, who has to pay for that? Is it the owners? I have yet to see a professional sports owner who is willing to take a substantial pay cut. Actually, the real losers are the fans. As player salaries rise, ticket prices do the same. A recent newspaper article showed the difference between a Sunday afternoon to see the Oakland Raiders play today compared to the season that they left Oakland. The difference — a few hundred dollars (for really good seats). And when fans can't pay these prices, games are blacked out and we don't even get to see them on television. So who gets hurt? The fans, and the very games that we have grown up loving. But you know, we have already lost. In the past year, all four American sports have spent substantial time in the courtrooms and boardrooms, most recently the NFL over licensing policy. Each case has been about money, and each incident has taken something else away from the games. It is killing sports in this country. Someone asked me very recently why men like sports so much. I answered her the best way I knew. Sports, I said, are more than games. They are a way to escape from real life and get wrapped up in something that doesn't really matter, but still makes all the difference in the world. They are just an escape. Lately, I have been trying to escape professional sports. I am as tired of player meetings as I am of the O.J. trial. I just do not know if I will ever be able to look at the games in the same way. When the NBA opens on November 4,1 am going to try my best to care. But you know, they really don't care about us. Maybe it would be better if we all stuck to college sports. After all, it is only seven more months until March Madness, and then everything will be all right. Cats Look to Slow Down Furman Western Carolina's defense, coming off a very impressive performance, will face a different type of challenge this Saturday afternoon. The Catamounts will host the hot Furman Paladins and their high powered offense this Saturday at E.J. Whitmire Stadium/ Bob Waters Field as part of WCU's Mountain Heritage Day celebration. Kickoff time is set for 4:30 p.m. to allow football fans the opportunity to enjoy the numerous activities of Mountain Heritage Day. In addition, Youth Day tickets prices will be in effect as youth through high school age can purchase a ticket for only $5.00. At least a share of first place in the Southern Conference football standings will go to the winner of the 23rd renewal of the rivalry that has produced more than its share of heart-stopping finishes. Western turned in a total game last Saturday in its 31-14 win over The Citadel and pushed its record to 2-1 overall and 1-0 in conference play. Furman is also 1-0 in conference play, 2-2 overall, after blowing past VMI, 55- 24, last Saturday night in its second straight rout. The Paladins shutout Wofford, 38-0, the previous week. The winner will own sole possession of first place or share the top spot in the conference race pending the outcome of Saturday night's game between Marshall and UT-Chatta- nooga. The Catamounts won their ninth straight conference schedule opener last Saturday when their defense held The Citadel's traditionally dominating wishbone offense to only 248 yards and two touchdowns. Meanwhile, the WCU offense was rolling up 409 yards with a balanced attack that featured the passing combination of Chad Greene to David batten and the running of Michael Stewart and Mark Howell. Greene and batten connected nine times for 158 yards and a score. Stewart and Howell combined for 161 yards and Howell scored twice. The defense held The Citadel to its lowest total yardage in the 20-game series. Furman's offense will present a different challenge as the Paladins have scored 93 points in the last two games with equally strong running and passing attacks. Coach Bobby Johnson's squad exploded for 538 yards (262 rushing, 276 passing) in demolishing VMI. Steve Hodgin, WCU's head coach, says his team's defense will "have to change gears" this week in preparations for Furman. "Furma's offense is much more balanced and versatile than what we saw last Saturday. They ran and passed the ball at will the last two weeks," he noted. Hodgin is also impressed with the Paladins' defense. "Their defense shut out Wofford and did not let VMI score in the second half last Saturday. This team reminds me of some of the great Furman teams that dominated the conference in the 80s," he added. The WCU - Furman series has been one of the Southern Conference's most interesting for most of two decades. It has produced an extraordinary number of heart-stopping finishes as 10 of the last 15 meetings have hung in the balance until the last play. In addition, the home field advantage has been virtually non-existent in the series as Furman has taken home six wins in its nine trips to Whitmire Stadium and Western has the best record (5-3) and most wins of any opponent to visit Paladin Stadium. Saturday's game will be the last of three consecutive home games for the Catamounts as they travel to Statesboro, GA to face nationally ranked Georgia Southern next Saturday and Furman returns home to host Appalachian State, also nationally ranked. Courtesy of OPI

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The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University's student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.
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  - Date original: 1995-09-28
  - Date digitized: 2019-11-19
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  - Dimension: 14" x 11.25"
  - Pages: 24 pages
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  - Jackson County (N.C.)
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  - Western Carolina University Hunter Library

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