Professional sports around the world are suffering a serious illness; I would call it M.T.C.H., acronym that stands for Mercenary Tendency to Cheat.

In their quest for glory some well-known athletes are flagrantly "out of bounds."

In baseball, basketball, cycling, football, soccer, tennis, and track and field are some of the competitors that have been stealing the spirit of the game. They are already in the elite, are rich, famous, talented so what makes them go beyond in a race that drives them to be at some point "sacked?" Seems like an epidemic is going on and everyone is trying to save only their welfare. Some symptoms could be pressure, misinformation, misuse, and nobody is going to catch me. Ego is my response.

In the history of the sports always there have been players that tried to go around the hurdle beside jump over it, but in the last, let's say three years, have been a lot of cases on different sports. So, where the fair play is placed? Where the respect for fans is set, if there is any?

Is there anybody aware that at least a minimal percent of their huge income is due to fans? What would happen if a large amount of supporters on any major sport got burned out and turned their attention to badminton or checkers? A big turnaround will develop and...sorry, I'm sounding too naïve and purist.

Pierre of Coubertin, modern Olympic Games father, said, "The most important thing is to compete." Everybody is laughing, aren't we? Nowadays this phrase is totally obsolete; all focus is in winning no matter how.

Today when I see a team player crowned my first thought is, was it a clean victory? Subsequently come more questions: Were they tested? Are their words trustworthy? Is it worth spending our time, money, health watching and/or following them? I can't find the answers but I do find what almost everybody is going to do: discover new idols, take hours of sleep and work to watch a game, fix our schedules around match ups. Their reckless behavior has put them under severe scrutiny. They and their consciences know their liability; we the fans know that the glory is for a while but a good name lasts forever.