There has been countless discussions and reasons for why young people, predominantly minorities, choose other sports other than baseball more and more these days. One of the main reasons is that baseball is expensive, and to be honest the cost of a glove, batting gloves, a bat, cleats, uniforms, hats, a cup, etc are rather expensive, but the biggest one is how much money can be made in the NBA and NFL specifically and how quickly it can be made. Forbes released a list of the highest paid athletes in the world and may have shot down these excuses for why minorities are flocking away from Major League Baseball.
Forbes listed 100 players on the highest paid players list and this is the breakdown by sport:
MLB: 27
NFL: 17
NBA: 18
MLS: 15
PGA: 5
Racing: 6
Boxing: 4
Tennis: 6
Track: 1
Cricket: 1
Maybe it's time to find another excuse why minorities are playing other sports. Onlinebookmakers.co seem to think we may see a turnaround soon with minorities in baseball.. See the complete list HERE.
