Moo and Art....I couldn't agree more regarding salaries and all but as long as we keep the elevated levels of what we will pay for "entertainment" of any sort so high, it's not likely to change.

I have always been first and foremost a baseball fan (team sports), and though I was all for the player's union and free agency because it was indentured servitude before, the thing has gotten out of all proportion. I can't blame the players, the priorities are set by the fan and what he will pay along with the very lucrative TV deals....but they too are fan based. But we have alwyas had our priorities screwed up in this country anyway.....in sports, teaching and education, medicine, the law....you name it.

Ya' know what hurt me more than the salaries was the lack of loyalty the big bucks brought. For years ballplayers lived and played in the same town and were just guys. Local merchants gave away stuff to augment their relatively low salaries and offered off-season jobs. They were a part of a city. Now they go wherever the money is and I can't blame them, but I miss the old days. Many of the US Soccer players play in Europe but I am encouraged that 6 of the team play here in the MLS. At this point there are still a few that wouldn't leave for anywhere else and that's kinda' nice. But until we refuse to pay through the nose for entertainment, things are going to be way out of whack.

BTW....Am I the only person here who was pretty confident in the US beating Mexico? We play them relatively often and have won 4 of the past 5. The US went into that game feeling it was winnable....and it was.

Spaw