terms will be explained later.) Roger Abrams, author of The Money Pitch: Baseball Free Agency and Salary Arbitration, confirms the importance of collective bargaining when he describes it as a "framework within which players have been able to reap cosmic salaries"(90). This means that the major leaguers are complaining about bargaining processes that allow them to achieve money any normal American dreams to have. David Shook, author of the article One More Strike - and They're Out, confirms the degree of these outrageous salaries when he reports, "They're the highest paid professional athletes, raking in an average annual salary of $2.4 million"(1). The average American makes nowhere near this monstrous amount. The US Census reported thee 1999 per capita income as $21,587(1). When compared to America's measly per capita income, how can any sympathy be doled out to players? No victims make an average of 110 times more money than everyone else.
             Even though many people disagree with the major leaguers complaints, there are some people who believe the baseball players are justified. The argument can be made that baseball players salaries are fair. The players themselves do generate massive amounts of
             revenue for their teams and businesses. It's similar to the profession of a salesman. If he produces more revenue for his company, he will be paid more. The catch here is that a salesman does the physical work himself. He earns the money himself. Baseball players don't make money for the owners on an individual basis. The whole team earns money with their performance.
             Others that sympathize with the players will agree that the owners are incredibly greedy and dishonest. Throughout history, owners have had a notorious background. Owners themselves realize how greedy and destructive they can be. Former owner Bill Veeck provides support for this when he observes, "Base...