They should probably just merge the NBA and the WNBA

After last night's game between the Lakers and Celtics, Paul Pierce proved why the NBA should merge with the WNBA. And, I know most of you out there are asking yourselves why anyone would suggest such a prepostorous thing. Well, I'll tell you why... both leagues are filled with p*ssies.



Paul Pierce went out of last night's game with a "knee injury". It was "so bad" that he had to be wheeled into the locker room in a wheel chair, but "miraculously" he was able to come back into the game and win it with two 3-pointers. Turns out he might have a "slight sprain". A slight sprain, required him to be wheeled into the locker room? Are you kidding me? This is a prime example of how the NBA has become a league of overpaid pre-madonnas that is quickly becoming on par with MLB. Today, players in both sports are paid millions of dollars, which works out to thousands of dollars per game, and yet they will sit out with broken fingernails, mild sprains, sore muscles, etc. What happened to the days when players played through almost anything because they had the desire to be in the game? Because it was more painful to sit on the bench injured, than to play through whatever injury they may have had?



If you had watched any of the Stanley Cup Finals, that ended this week, you will have more of an idea about where I'm coming from. In the finals players were playing with dislocated shoulders, broken noses, broken feet, and who knows what other minor injuries that didn't even get broadcasted. Ryan Malone got his nose broken in Game 1, took a 90mph puck in his face which rebroke his nose, and was out playing the next period. Two years ago, Sidney Crosby played with a broken foot. Hockey with a broken foot would be like playing baseball or basketball with a broken hand. With that said, I think it's pretty obvious that hockey players are some of the most resiliant athletes in the world, yet somehow they are the least paid. I guess my main complaint is that the NBA and MLB have taken away the 'love of the game' that players used to play their respective sports for and replaced it with multi-million dollar contracts and greed. Players no longer play just to play or play because they love playing the game. They play to earn money, to become famous, to buy expensive cars, and make it rain at strip clubs. What incentive do they have to play with a minor injury when they get paid the same ridiculous money regardless and since they make so much of it to begin with, what motivation is there? I think part of the reason is the salaries these guys make, but another part of it is the seasons are too long... especially baseball. When you're playing over a hundred games, it's hard to keep a high level of drive game in and game out.



How do we solve this? My proposal: Put a realistic salary cap into place. No one deserves to make more money than some small nations for simply putting a ball into a basket or hitting and catching a ball. Honestly, hockey players make the least amount of money for any professional sport but I think their salaries are about right for professional athletes. A couple million max! No, 125mil contracts for a player who has been injured much of this season and can't hit a ball during the playoffs. The sports haven't really become more popular in the last several years, in fact they've probably become less popular. Salaries should be based on the greatest players to play the game. For example, I think it's pretty easy to say that Michael Jordan was the best player in the history of basketball, no one to day should be making more than he did when he played. Sure inflation should be taken into consideration but that's about it. Get the qualities back into the game, that used to make the games great and fun to watch.