Today's sports have changed the way players play. From the professional sporting level onwards, bad sporting behavior, such as the use of steroids or "throwing" a game or match in order to please the sports player trying to get his big win, has become widespread throughout the world. university level and even up to the secondary level. One person remembers the days when athletes played their sport for the love of the game, because that's what they lived for. They remember when they were younger, sitting on their grandfather's lap and watching the Atlanta Braves (back in the days of Dale Murphy, Bob Horner, Glenn Hubbard and other baseball greats). Braves history) running on the diamond every game. In fact, they quoted country artist Collin Raye, saying that [I was] "a Braves fan even during the bad years." Watching these games, they remember looking at their grandfather's face and seeing the look he had in his eyes watching these guys play their sport from the heart. Now, years later, sports are threatened by strikes. Athletes who play today don't play because they love doing it, but now it's more about the money and how much they can earn. Today's sports are dirty and do not come from the heart. Children today need to learn what it was like “in the good old days” and how playing sports teaches an individual how to work with other people and how to come together as a family. Bissinger states in his essay that local schools Nowadays, schools spend millions of dollars on things such as elaborate stadiums, gymnasiums and even chartered planes to transport their team to big play-off championship games. In the past, schools sponsored fundraisers to raise money for these...... middle of paper ...... conclusion, looking at the evolution of the sport, it is a group from athletes who played a game they wholeheartedly loved, to a group of athletes who play a game primarily out of greed; gone from a group working together and using their experiences to help others, to seeing how good they can make themselves look. Fans suffered from player strikes so they could earn more money. They began using “performance-enhancing drugs” to get bigger muscles so they could outperform their own teammates. Sports stories talk about how an individual won the game rather than how the team won the game. Integrity and teamwork must start at the high school athletic level so these young athletes know what it feels like to work together. This will benefit them in all aspects of their lives, from school to family, and is something they can be proud of..