Srgt. Hulka

Personally, I think free agency and big money ruined baseball, and all sports. When we watched baseball, football, basketball as a kid or young adult, you knew who was on your team. That player was a member of your team year after year until they retired. Now that the money has gotten so big, and it's so easy to change teams, you never know from one season to the next who is going to be playing on your team. Look a Albert Pulhols (spelling?). He takes his Cardinal to the World Series, and the next year he's gone...$250 million to the Angels, where he sucks by the way. Now I don't blame the players for this. If someone offered me $250 million, I'm out of here too. Plus these high contracts, and the bajillion dollar stadiums has priced a trip to the ballpark out of the hands to the ordinary people, the true fans. If I wanted to take my family to go see a Saints game this season, it would cost me around $2000 just for a weekend to New Orleans...WTF? Now that Brees has a hundred trillion dollar contract, that price is probably going to be higher. I would love nothing more than to take my wife and kids to a game, but I doubt that I will ever get too. Just cant swing that kind of money, all for a three hour game. So that's my take. Free agency and big money has just taken the glint out of the average fans eyes, and I don't think we'll ever get that glint back.

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