We hear and read of elite sports people every day <br />For to watch them in action people big money pay <br />They are paid huge sums of money and they know great fame <br />And some of their fans their children in their honour name. <br /> <br />Sport has become big business and many a young person's dream <br />Is becoming a famed individual sports star or part of a great winning team <br />A dream through their teenage years that some do pursue <br />But as we know for a few only such dreams do come true. <br /> <br />For their millions the super star sports people need not thank me <br />I seldom even watch them in action on the t v <br />By far and away out of them too much is made <br />They are treated as small gods and grossly over paid. <br /> <br />Though not every sports person becomes a millionaire <br />The super rich athletes are no longer rare <br />And though I don't envy them their wealth and the fame they enjoy <br />A ticket to watch them I never would buy.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sport-has-become-big-business/
