Yo Yao

I don't think there is a bad thing to say about what Ya Ming and other Asian athletes have brought to professional sports in America. They have transformed what have been traditionally American sports with American audiences to the global stage.

Yao Ming and other athletes like Ichiro Suzuki and Hideki Matsui have really contributed to the expanding of American sports. These athletes have paved the way and opened the door to welcome even more foreign athletes to the American sports arena. All of these players have achieved much success in their respective sports and expanded the market of American sports. As a fan this brings more enjoyment to watching the game because now not only are we watching the best athletes from around North America but from around the world. This makes teams better and boost attendance and fan base for professional teams bring a lot of money into the sports. In Asian countries where these athletes are from, almost all of their games are broadcast thus making a teams fan base and revenue increase. Along with them they also brought new styles of play like the Ichiro slap hit and Yao's finesse big man play. Along with Yao's success on the basketball court Ichiro has won batting titles and Matsui recently won World Series MVP.

With the success of these athletes it is no wonder sports are taking over the world. That is because the best players in the world are starting to play in the best leagues in the world. The visibility of the sports have grown dramatically and now players like LeBron James are being endorsed and worshiped in Asian countries. I think the globalization of sports with these athletes from different countries has done great things for professional sport and will just continue to make enjoying sports even better.