1. Sports are given priority in college

Students aiming at becoming professional athletes tend to spend a bigger part of their college years preparing themselves to go professional.

Many education systems have specialized in specific sports to a point of being considered to be “go-to” schools for hopefuls.

2. Overinflated salaries

A professional athlete’s salary in America can be ridiculous. LeBron James, for instance, takes home at least $20 million every year, that’s mind-boggling considering that an average American scientist earns just $77,000 over the same period.

While James gets paid lavishly for throwing a ball in a basket, many teachers – who are tasked with the tough responsibility of pumping knowledge in the heads of young Americans – barely put food on their tables with a meager $35,000 yearly salary. Such excesses of the sporting world make sports the center of many Americans’ imaginations. have a peek at sportsagentblog.com and read about such sporting injustices.

3. Infrastructure

In every city, town, and neighborhood in America, no matter the size, you will see basketball courts, softball and baseball fields, soccer fields, and football fields.

Every middle school in America, it seems, runs an open space and a track where students can play anything. American high schools and colleges are also endowed with modern sporting facilities better than schools in other developed countries.

4. Hero worship

Americans love to worship athletes as heroes, and they do so to an absurd length most of the time. You can think of Bruce Jenner, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Magic Jackson, and the likes. It is a gross injustice but hey, that’s what keeps sports worth some people’s money and time in America.