Top 10 Sports Myths

10) Expansion ruins the sport. You get this one a lot in the NBA or NHL, where an unaesthetic team usually makes people wish for drastic corrections. But the problem is that the sports that used to sidetrack top talent (boxing, especially) have waned. The population, especially with overseas countries adding to the talent pool, has exploded. Training (cough, steroids) has made everyone bigger, stronger, and faster. It's much more likely that this is, well, a golden age. Get over your need to have the world go to hell in your generation.9) Athletes are overpaid. Are you in the best 0.01% in the world at your job, in a way that can be proven with stats? Do people choose of their own free will to spend hundreds of dollars to watch you do that job? Are you likely to continue to be employed in your profession past your early 30's? Do you run any significant risk of crippling injury or paralysis from doing that work? And what percentage of the time do you sleep in your own bed?If ...