One has to wonder whether rising salaries in sports may have caused players to forget the reasons they started playing in the first place. What happened to your playing days because it was your childhood dream to play at Wrigley Field or Yankee Stadium? Times have changed and with them so has the entire sports sector. The game has changed from being played on the course to being played behind closed doors in offices or on the golf course, but is it all the fault of the players? From a fan's perspective, the actions and salaries of professional athletes, teams and their owners can be displeasing to say the least. It is difficult for a sports fan to understand why the rewards for players are so great even if the results are low and the performance of that player or team is also poor. From a business owner's perspective, though, respect is the only word that comes to mind in relation to these signed contracts. Players have learned how to use their influence with owners to exploit a business that has exploited players for decades. Athletes weren't always paid more than CEOs. In the early years of the National Football League, most players had to work a normal day job in addition to playing, because there was no money to be made in professional football (Mueller, 2012). Even accounting for inflation adjustments and rising costs of living, player salaries are largely disproportionate between then and now. The knowledge and cunning of professional athletes has greatly contributed to many players' sense of greed, justifiability, and ignorance, and it can be astonishing. While some may be better able to handle the wealth and celebrity status that comes with being a professional athlete, others are…middle of the road…who are able to offer this, can practically demand and get it that they want. Teams are made up of varying levels of talent and when a team fails to recruit/draft the highest end talent due to salary demands, they lose. This creates an imbalance and less profitable organizations suffer. An example would include the Denver Broncos, who have a salary cap of $140 million, compared to the Cleveland Browns, who have a salary cap of $95 million (NFL). Smaller, lesser-known teams like the Browns would never be able to get one of the players the Broncos have or could have. Basically, in a way, lack of money translates into less talent. Is it possible to create a more level playing field in the drafting process to give all teams the same opportunities? Salary caps should be the same for all teams and all players should receive the same base salary?