Here are many different reasons for the start of professional sports such as baseball, basketball and football. Professional baseball began in Cincinnati in 1869, for the first few years professional baseball was just a pair in the city's rivalries. Professional basketball was founded in New York City on June 6, 1946 as the Basketball Association of America (BAA). Professional football began in 1869 in London as the London Football Association. A modified game called rugby. These are just a few of the many ways the sport began. There are many ways you can say baseball began. First, it was not founded by a specific person like basketball, it was played all over the world and had many different names such as stool, cricket, stick ball and dog and cat. Professional sports baseball was founded in Cincinnati in 1869, for the first few years professional baseball was just a couple in the city's rivalries. Professional baseball players were always paid from day one, but players were paid no more than $30,000. Bill Burgess says, “It wasn't until the reserve clause was finally broken in the mid-1970s that player salaries went from $30,000 to $200,000 to multi-million dollars in less than three years. Players just didn't get paid, star players like Al Kaline of the Detroit Tigers had to work in the winter just to make up for it because he got hurt. But the improvement in baseball payments came from the industrial period in the world when the world began to grow baseball and the sport around the world began to grow. The world was growing with more colorful TVs, more teams, more talent and owners. These are just a few of the many ways professional baseball began and improved. There are many different ways you can tell that a professional basketball player is...... middle of paper ...... tees like basketball, so on your contract they can tell you that you will receive 100 million dollars with 200 thousand guaranteed but if you get hurt or start to lose the skills you had at the beginning of the season the owner can cut your contract and all you will get is 200 thousand guaranteed. “Messed up, right.” Well, this is professional football, and like almost every other sport, players get paid more for endorsements than for actions on the pitch. These are just some of the many ways in which professional football has changed from its inception to today. Works Quoted http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_Association http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball http://www.profootballhof.com/history/ generali/cronologia/1869-1939.aspxhttp: //www.baseball-fever.com/archive/index.php/t-94372.htmlhttp://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blbasketball.htm