It is quite reasonable to argue that Immigration is a form of trade in at least one way or the other, but the most unregulated from of immigration despite it being a constant topic and matter that is dealt with is immigration of athletes. Ones that are deemed to have a set of special abilities that no one in the country or not enough in the country can supply. This applies to many times celebrities singer, actors etc) and athletes across many sports.
For example look at baseball, how often is it that you see a player than is of South American or Asian decent on the field surely his does not only hinder the growth on the sport locally but this largely denies large of portion on the money spent in the country cause obviously without that athlete is most likely to spend a portion of that multi-million dollar contract in his or her country. But even more so quiet recently in the MLS large contracts have been given to franchise players, who are the best players on the team will become the face of the team, but this doesn't help because a fair share of players immigrate solely for that reason and crowd out the the local players from here. IN the end they get these large salaries and leaves a lot of Americans worse off.
This is an issue that needs to be looked at because these athletes cant be bigger than the law, and if the law doesn't constitute them it needs to be revised. This is different to a doctor that comes from elsewhere with a special ability as a surgeon, or an engineer or scientist. This is a sport that when players are given the chance can most likely and possibly rise and become somewhat as good, but cause of such migration are limited in terms of growth. And the government has a a duty to protect its citizens and its people and to implement the proper political rules such as quotas and regulation of money to improve not only its sports but also economy and well being of people.
Interesting topic Tirelo, I would have to disagree to some point on the immigration of athletes. I would agree that you see a lot of immigration from sports but when it comes to the MLS the big contracts going to foreign players is an argument discussed quite a bit. Since the league isn't run by a specific person but the owners it is on the owners to delegate the money fairly amongst players. If you compare the league minimum salaries of Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer it's like comparing a Doctor's Salary to a School Teacher. I would say this comparable to the discussion of class about comparative advantages. With baseball being in the U.S. for so long and soccer is still considered a growing sport the resources poured into Baseball are much bigger than into Soccer. I do agree that big contracts go to foreign players but I believe that the owners are doing so to generate more revenue to develop domestic talent. With the foreign players they hope to develop recognition for their club and move forward. This is an interesting topic but it's important for growth that these internationals come to the United States to grow the domestic market for players. In basketball many players go abroad to play after the NBA which is inverse in most other sports. This is the same by helping grow the sport in the country they move to abroad. So I believe it has a dual effect in both I think for the most part it is to help growth in each.
ReplyDeleteThis is a very controversial topic because I know that in the NBA they were bringing in players in on temporary visa to play the sport and still paying them the high salaries. Then if they weren't performing to the teams owners expectations they would threaten to send the players back and then they would no longer be able to make the big salary. I do think that immigration of athletes does help the sports to grow internationally so this is something that can be done within the laws and with close monitoring.
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