Everybody knows that athletes are the cause of about 90% of all the rape , murder and
other mayhem in America.
Thats like saying 95% of people with cancer have eaten potatoes, lets ban them ... It fails to seperate coincidence from a causal effect. Unfortunately with all the junk press around these days, it is something that happens very frequently.

As far as the overpaid crybabies and thugs in professional sports, I have done all I can do and refuse to buy and/or watch any top-tier professional sport (I do occasionally watch minor league stuff) and do watch muchos college sports (although the argument could go they get paid as well, it just isn't out there on the table for all to see); however, I would not go so far as to say to ban sports over the matter. If enough people quit spending exhorbinant amounts of money on tickets and merchandise (hit teams in the pocketbooks), the situation will eventually take care of itself.

/nebulus