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BuckStocksHere: " think revenue sharing is needed too, but even if the cap was at say 70 - the yanks and sox yada yada yada would be at 70 every year. The crew and royals and what not would probably be around 40-60."
In that sense, a cap isn't reasonable. Lets say, for example, that the Yankees pull in $150 million. Its a lot more than that, but for argument's sake. A $70 million cap just means that Steinbrenner puts $80 million in his pocket without putting it back into baseball or his ball club.
A good system would have a cap and a floor (say, $100 million to $70 million) and any money that clubs like the Brew Crew can't make up to $70 million should be given to them from the big market clubs via revenue sharing.
"That is still better than the way it is now, because the yanks wouldn't be able to have a jeter, a rod on the same team and still pay for 23 other spots ya know?"
In this sense, I don't agree. I think the real injustice of the system is that teams that do make the right baseball decisions don't (a la the Indians) don't get to keep the players that they developed because they can't afford them. The Indians should've been able to resign Belle, Thome, ManRam, Colon, etc., the Yankees should have the leeway to resign Jeter, Rivera, Williams, Pettite, etc., and Seattle is the same with Griffey, Johnson, A-Rod, etc. You're penalizing teams that make the right moves by implementing a cap that would prevent them from resigning all their players even if they have the money to do so.
"don't think it will happen in my day though... a cap that is."
You're 100% right.
sears3820: "Sloopy is thinking you're BuckeyeNation12, the one with that made the "Free Maurice!" t-shirts last year."
He whines like that other kid did, so my bad.
Nation: "can we split this thread into 2.....one full of my JOKE and sloopy bitching about it.......and a new one that would actually be meaningful to post on about the problems in baseball (yankees)?"
Dude, SHUT UP!! Stop crying!! I've dropped it. You sound like a 2 year old. How many posts can you cry about me?? Are you a jilted Miami fan from the ol' Fiesta Bowl days?
Write three more posts about me, whining like a bitch.
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