Cap the players salaries at 1 million / year and be done with it. Bron-Bron and the rest of these overpaid egomaniacs can go play in Italy, China or Iceland. But, you know what? They most likely won’t. Some would undoubtedly take the money and go overseas but the majority would stay right here in the good old USA.

The entire league would be more affordable for the fans. Ticket prices would be much lower, beer wouldn’t cost $6.50, a hot dog wouldn’t cost $4.00 plus the arenas would be packed every night.

So what if a few morons like Bron-Bron are out a few million dollars? If they want to play the sport they will take whatever they can get. If not, they can begin their exciting careers in the fast food industry earlier than they expected.

The percentages already take into account the number of players in the respective leagues, so your observation that the NBA has less players is meaningless! The arrest rate (percentage) already accounts for it. There are far less NBA players arrested than there are in the NFL and MLB, the reason that we hear so much about NFL players getting arrested is because there are so many more NFL players. That is where the arrest rate the study provided adjusts based on the total number of players. Your observation that NBA has way less than half the players than the other leagues would only be relevant if you were discussing actual arrest numbers not percentages, the arrest rate (percentage of players arrested) already accounts for the number of players in the league!

I am not defending the players getting arrested in the NBA or any league for that matter. It is ridiculous that any athlete with the salaries they make ever gets arrested! But it is just as ridiculous that you get on your soap box and either don’t understand the data you are discussing or are intentionally misrepresenting the facts to paint the NBA players in an even worse light to suit your own agenda.

WCCO Minnesota’s Jason DeRusha reports that in 2010, the NBA had by far the highest arrest rate (5.1 percent) of the major professional sports leagues in America. Major League Baseball is second with an arrest rate of 2.1 percent last year. Believe it or not, the NFL is last with (2.0 percent) of its players in trouble.

http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/dish/201110/nfls-surprising-new-arrest-leader

And let’s see… football has how many players on each team… and baseball has how many players on a team… and basketball has how many players on a team?
The arrest rate for NBA players is OVER DOUBLE that of other sports with way less then 1/2 the players.
Yea… I see a real problem here.
A real problem… but God forbid personal conduct should be held accountable like the NFL.
You arn’t even tested for weed in the NBA.