Basketball VS Baseball

Alas, my opponent's arguments have not increased in strength nor in quality. This shall be a swift, painless death.I will be arguing in favor of baseball, which is also known as America's Favorite Past Time. I will argue why Baseball benefits our economy more and point out a major downside to basketball before going to refute my opponent's points.A: Baseball helps our economy out more.Baseball teams are some of the most financially responsible sports teams in all of America. And this is shown through their financial records, as Forbes released the total sales revenues of each of the thirty two teams. Out of the thirty two teams, thirty showed an increase in profits that were in the millions[1], the highest profetting team earning 46.1 million dollars[1]! To put that into perspective, they earned 46,100,000$ in just ONE SEASON. HOLY ****. And out of the two teams that did not earn money last season, one lost less than a million dollars[1] (only 500,000) and is predicted to earn a major increase in sales in the next season[1]. Basketball players can run up and down the court all they want, but I'd rather do it with a fat wad of bills in my pocket. Oh yeah.B: Basketball encourages crime.Yeah, you heard me. Basketball encourages crime amoungst it't players because they know they're practically immune to the law because of their status as professional sports players. There have even been books over this stuff[2] that talk about just how corrupt the society of the NBA really is. 40% of basketball players have been arrested and have gotten away with it due to their status[2]. My opponent may say that there's standard procedures to punishing them, such as suspension from playing, but that's just insufficient to actually deal with the issues at hand. Because a few games riding the pine is REALLY going to tell the player to stop doing drugs or raping women.Baseball doesn't have this. The only major crimes from baseball that come to my head is Barry Bond's shooting up on the 'roids and the Black Sox Scandal. When I think about basketball, well that's a different story entirely...For the above reasons, I contend that baseball is a far better sport than basketball. Now let us go to my opponent's case.R2EX1His first example was that basketball was played inside, thus was immune from being stalled from things like bad weather. But there's a convenient thing that's coming in style with baseball stadiums that's called retractable roofs. If the weather's kinda yucky outside on the day of a game, just flip a switch and the roof will come over the diamond and you're clear to play. The Houston Astros are one example of a team that has this capability. But if the weather is nice outside and it's all bright and sunny and pleasant, the roof can be off so you can enjoy the weather and the game at the same time!Basketball games? Nope, always inside in a dark, dingy arena, devoid of sunlight. Sound pleasant? Nope, didn't think so.R2EX2 My opponent claims that baseball takes more effort to get together on a smaller level than basketball. However, this is false for a few reasons:1. Baseball games are simple enough to organize. You just need four things that stand apart from the ground to be your bases (such as magazines or pillows), a few people, a designated diamond for your bases (which can be pretty much anywhere), and a ball and a bat. You're good to go. Basketball is a little harder to set up. You just can't raise a basketball net anywhere.2. I would argue that even if his example is right, that the harder something is to set up, the more worth it it becomes. Ever heard of the saying "Nothing good in life comes easy"? Bingo. R2EX3 Part OneI have taken my opponent's third example into two parts, because it basically has two different claims in it. The first claim is that basketball is more exciting than baseball, which is entirely false. While someone standing in one spot in basketball dribbling their ball may be exciting, people get excited when baseball players are just STANDING STILL, waiting for the pitch to be thrown. Every pitch thrown has the potential to be clobbered out of the park for a home-run, and people who get up to go to the restroom often miss the game-winning home-run. As a side-note, I reccomment wearing diapers to baseball games. That way, you can drink and eat all you want without having to bother to get up to go to the restroom. Just make sure to take it off when you get home. Thusly, because it takes motion for people to be excited about basketball and baseball can raise excitement with people just standing still, baseball is obviously more exciting.R2EX3 Part TwoThe second claim, which I find highly amusing that he considers this a perk, is that basketball people get injured more often, thus it must be a better sport!.....hold on. Since when was getting hurt a good thing? I guess underwater basketweaving, by your standards, is an epic sport because people traditionally break a random bone in their arms before competing. If it has the most injuries, it must be the best sport!But if we're looking to injuries that indicate the most intense, action-packed sport, then we can look to baseball here because even the FANS aren't entirely in the clear. They get beaned in the head and in the body, which can result in broken bones and even trips to the hospital. People even die just watching the game and going for a foul ball[3](see note at end of case). But overall, this claim is just highly ridiculous.R2EX4 His last example is that basketball players are more recognized, thus the sport must be better. But there are both famous people and well-recognized people in both sports, so there really isn't a way to weigh between the two. This point proves nothing. He also claims in this example that basketball tickets sell for more, thus it's a better game. But tickets are always ranging in price depending on the game. It took me five minutes to find a baseball game where the tockets ranged in cost from 100$ to 600$[4] and less than that to find a basketball game where I could get tickets for 10$[5], so this proves nothing as well. Overall, baseball has a better impact on on our economy and society than basketball does. Thusly, the only reasonable vote is a vote for the con debater.Sources:[1] http://baseball.realgm.com...[2] http://forums.celticsblog.com...; [3] http://www.huffingtonpost.com...[4] http://seatgeek.com...;[5] http://www.ticket-venue.com...As a note to the Shannon Stone point: I mean no disrespect in any way to the Stone family. I'm a resident of the Arlington Area, and I was at the game after the incident. I'm not a crying man, but this one hit me hard. I only brought it up to merely explain why my opponent's point was of absolute idiocy. I appologize to anyone I may have offended for bringing it up in such a way, I meant no disrespect.