Television has played a key role in sports becoming more popular and star oriented. Sportscenter showcases the talents of the individual rather than those of the team. An exciting dunk by Vince Carter gets more press than Duke s suffocating defense. Technology has moved sports towards the realm of entertainment. The Super Bowl has become more of a circus rather than a game.
Many people just watch to see the new commercials that companies spend millions to produce.
All Star Game has become a three-day event with much attention focused on the Home Run Derby. People are so used to seeing dramatic plays all the time that they can no longer appreciate solid fundamental baseball. The public would rather see their team sign a player that hit forty homeruns and was weak on defense then a three hundred hitter with a great glove, but little power. On top of all this the money situation has gotten out of hand. The big market teams make so much money from the television revenue that the smaller teams cannot compete.