Black Sox Scandal Analysis
One other news story that has been trending the past couple weeks is the story of Tim Tebow trying to pursue another dream of playing baseball at the Major League level. The social media world lit up when reports surfaced that the New York Mets signed Tebow to a minor league contract to play in the instructional league. The former New York Jets quarterback now finds himself in familiar territory, but in a whole new world when it comes to sports. We have seen in the past this trend of professional athletes playing two sports in their careers. The great Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders both shined in the NFL and in Major League baseball. Not comparing Tim Tebow in a sense that he is on their level, but the amount of media coverage he is getting from
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However, that is not to say that their has never been corruption within the sport baseball in past years. We all know about the Black Sox Scandal involving “Shoeless” Joe Jackson along with seven other players on the White Sox that threw the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. There also has been recent speculation of whether Pete Rose should have his lifetime ban lifted after his actions of gambling while he was a player at the time. Everybody has their own opinion about the situation of Pete Rose and it is the most recent scandal of our time that we can elaborate on (Weinbaum & Rovell, 2015).
The organizational chart for the World Baseball Softball Confederation is set up very unique and easy to understand (see Appendix A). This confederation is split into baseball and softball and within those two sports there lies four departments; media, finance, tournaments, and marketing. Riccardo Fraccari is the president and under him there is the executive board along with two executive committees for each sport. In both the baseball and softball committees there is fourteen of the same executive members including Riccardo
However, that is not to say that their has never been corruption within the sport baseball in past years. We all know about the Black Sox Scandal involving “Shoeless” Joe Jackson along with seven other players on the White Sox that threw the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. There also has been recent speculation of whether Pete Rose should have his lifetime ban lifted after his actions of gambling while he was a player at the time. Everybody has their own opinion about the situation of Pete Rose and it is the most recent scandal of our time that we can elaborate on (Weinbaum & Rovell, 2015).
The organizational chart for the World Baseball Softball Confederation is set up very unique and easy to understand (see Appendix A). This confederation is split into baseball and softball and within those two sports there lies four departments; media, finance, tournaments, and marketing. Riccardo Fraccari is the president and under him there is the executive board along with two executive committees for each sport. In both the baseball and softball committees there is fourteen of the same executive members including Riccardo