The Black Sox Scandal In The Professional Sports Industry

The Black Sox Scandal was one of the oldest scandals in the professional sports industry. In 1919, Chicago White Sox did match fixing in the World Series, which determined the best professional baseball team in the year. Because of the Black Sox Scandal, eight players in the Chicago White Sox were banned from the Major League Baseball. This scandal was very shocking to people because professional sports, especially baseball, was consecrated for people at that time. People think there is no cheating in the fields because one of the most important ideas of sports was fairness. However, because of the Black Sox Scandal, people value of sports was completely changed. People doubted about the professional sports and thought the value of professional
The Black Sox Scandal happened because many people gambled the results of the World Series. Even though, players wanted to refused match fixing, they can not because some mafias already got involved the gamble. After the scandal, federal government banned sports gable. Then, professional sports became clean. As a result, the Black Sox Scandal influenced the US society. The Black Sox Scandal affects the baseball industry today. The Major League Baseball tends to give heavy punishment even though great baseball players after the scandal. After eight men were banned from the Major League Baseball it did not allow to come back the professional baseball industry. Even though some of the eight players, who have great achievements in the Chicago White Sox career, they can not come back to the MLB because the MLB seriously thinks this incident can not forgive forever. I learned from both in the MLB side and supporters arguments.
Also, I realized that most important systems in the sports industries came from the Black Sox Scandal. The Black Sox Scandal made today’s professional sports industries, such as the creation of the commissioner system and the first media office in the professional