Your biggest fears in you favorite sport(s)?

[ShaneOfan]

What are you afraid to see happen in your favorite sport(s)?

MLB: Steroids blow up even more then they already have.
NFL: One of these days someone is going to die on the field.
WWE: We are bound to have another death during a live show at some point.

[The Legend]

Well, I'm taking this in a completely different direction, but my biggest fear in sports is that I go my entire life without knowing what it's like to see Cleveland win a world championship.

[Str8Shooter]

Well, I'm taking this in a completely different direction, but my biggest fear in sports is that I go my entire life without knowing what it's like to see Cleveland win a world championship.

I'm afraid I've got some...

[PorkChop]

MMA - Steroids, Dana White continuing to ruin the sport

Boxing - The sport continues to die and shows no sign of improving

Football - Diving continuing to make a mockery of the sport, as well as the rising price of everything

[SKS]

Probably just the entire sport becoming obsolete or witnessing someone die on the field/ice/court.

I don't fear my teams losing or anything like that, it's just part of the game.

[ShaneOfan]

MMA - Steroids, Dana White continuing to ruin the sport

Boxing - The sport continues to die and shows no sign of improving

Football - Diving continuing to make a mockery of the sport, as well as the rising price of everything

I'd agree on boxing. I love it but I feel like no one cares anymore.

[DBSoT]

MLB: That the participation of the sport will keep declining in youths. Its already a problem in the African american community.

NFL: That so many major head injuries will happen that the league will fold because of law suits. Or that the game will become so water down that it will be unwatchable.

College: The game will become so based on greed that the schools will be giving contracts to students and become a minor league system to the pro leagues.

[PorkChop]

MMA - Steroids, Dana White continuing to ruin the sport

Boxing - The sport continues to die and shows no sign of improving

Football - Diving continuing to make a mockery of the sport, as well as the rising price of everything

I'd agree on boxing. I love it but I feel like no one cares anymore.

Boxing will have another nail hammered in its coffin when Mayweather retires, which is going to happen sooner or later. The sport is pretty much done.

[ShaneOfan]

MLB: That the participation of the sport will keep declining in youths. Its already a problem in the African american community.

NFL: That so many major head injuries will happen that the league will fold because of law suits. Or that the game will become so water down that it will be unwatchable.

College: The game will become so based on greed that the schools will be giving contracts to students and become a minor league system to the pro leagues.

I agree with you but the main problem is the politics of the farm system is keeping the African Americans away.

[Chewy]

MLB: That the participation of the sport will keep declining in youths. Its already a problem in the African american community.

NFL: That so many major head injuries will happen that the league will fold because of law suits. Or that the game will become so water down that it will be unwatchable.

College: The game will become so based on greed that the schools will be giving contracts to students and become a minor league system to the pro leagues.

I agree with you but the main problem is the politics of the farm system is keeping the African Americans away.

Well, the perceived politics anyway.

[The Legend]

MLB: That the participation of the sport will keep declining in youths. Its already a problem in the African american community.

NFL: That so many major head injuries will happen that the league will fold because of law suits. Or that the game will become so water down that it will be unwatchable.

College: The game will become so based on greed that the schools will be giving contracts to students and become a minor league system to the pro leagues.

I agree with you but the main problem is the politics of the farm system is keeping the African Americans away.

I completely disagree with this. People completely misunderstand the real reasons for things when they look at this issue. It isn't a race issue, it's a socio-economic issue. White kids are less and less playing organized baseball as well and the reason is simple. Baseball equipment manufacturers are completely pricing America out of the sport. If you want competitive equipment by the time a kid is 12 or 13 you are talking about a 300-400 dollar bat and a 100-150 dollar glove to play the game. In basketball or football you spend 15 bucks on a ball and head to the park and play for years.

[Chewy]

MLB: That the participation of the sport will keep declining in youths. Its already a problem in the African american community.

NFL: That so many major head injuries will happen that the league will fold because of law suits. Or that the game will become so water down that it will be unwatchable.

College: The game will become so based on greed that the schools will be giving contracts to students and become a minor league system to the pro leagues.

I agree with you but the main problem is the politics of the farm system is keeping the African Americans away.

I completely disagree with this. People completely misunderstand the real reasons for things when they look at this issue. It isn't a race issue, it's a socio-economic issue. White kids are less and less playing organized baseball as well and the reason is simple. Baseball equipment manufacturers are completely pricing America out of the sport. If you want competitive equipment by the time a kid is 12 or 13 you are talking about a 300-400 dollar bat and a 100-150 dollar glove to play the game. In basketball or football you spend 15 bucks on a ball and head to the park and play for years.

Agreed and another aspect of the money thing is, that to get paid I baseball your looking at is even if you get drafted at 18, you're still likely in the minors for two to three years, then maybe you get called up. All the time making fuck all.

Then when you do get a major league contract you're paid not a great deal until your up for arbitration. It's a long time.

Then you look at football or basketball where you could be a millionaire after only one year of college.

[blackparade]

Motorsports: A car flying into the grandstands a la Le Mans 1955. It will end motorsports if that ever happens again.

[DBSoT]

MLB: That the participation of the sport will keep declining in youths. Its already a problem in the African american community.

NFL: That so many major head injuries will happen that the league will fold because of law suits. Or that the game will become so water down that it will be unwatchable.

College: The game will become so based on greed that the schools will be giving contracts to students and become a minor league system to the pro leagues.

I agree with you but the main problem is the politics of the farm system is keeping the African Americans away.

I completely disagree with this. People completely misunderstand the real reasons for things when they look at this issue. It isn't a race issue, it's a socio-economic issue. White kids are less and less playing organized baseball as well and the reason is simple. Baseball equipment manufacturers are completely pricing America out of the sport. If you want competitive equipment by the time a kid is 12 or 13 you are talking about a 300-400 dollar bat and a 100-150 dollar glove to play the game. In basketball or football you spend 15 bucks on a ball and head to the park and play for years.

Agreed and another aspect of the money thing is, that to get paid I baseball your looking at is even if you get drafted at 18, you're still likely in the minors for two to three years, then maybe you get called up. All the time making fuck all.

Then when you do get a major league contract you're paid not a great deal until your up for arbitration. It's a long time.

Then you look at football or basketball where you could be a millionaire after only one year of college.

This pretty much hits the nail on the head. You do have to also add that college baseball players also have a different system than any other sport. This is because they can choose to enter the minors at 18 or they have to wait 3 years. Also its the only sport where you can be in the minors and go back to college to play a different sport if you choose. It does allow players some options, but it also can push kids to have to make some major decisions very young. In the case of low income youths I can see how a kid would pick up a basketball or football easily and how they would choose to get paid quicker in the NBA and NFL. The MLB needs to do what a lot of football organizations do and pay for the equipment the kids use. At least as rentals for the year.

[War Daddy]

I fear the day Tom Brady actually retires.

[AkydefGoldberg]

Football: Financial mismanagement will lead to clubs going under or into administration, especially at lower league level not helped by poor checks on new owners.

Boxing: The fights that should happen, won't happen as proven by the lack of Mayweather vs. Pacquiao fight

Cricket: Corruption

Golf: It will still be exclusive as it is now and no real diversity in the profile of players, namely that they will still be majority white players and no black players (few Asians but lack of black players besides Tiger is disappointing)

[Everlong]

With the NFL I just have a feeling that if the league spends too long trying to fix things that aren't broken (in terms of rules, structure, etc.) that it'll kill off the league. The way the league is set up is perfect, and there are very few rules that I change. It's by far the biggest league in America. I don't see why they're so hell-bent on constantly switching things up.

[Chewy]

It's already happened.

Moyes has been sacked.