Re: Money, Baseball, and Success
thats a post i made in another thread, it might reference some things out of place im but im too lazy to type it up.
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the yankees havent won the WS since 2000, and there has been a different winner of the WS for the last 5 years. is baseball really suffering from a competitive imbalance right now, especially considering how mediocre the yankees have been this year? everyone is busy talking about how much they suck this year, you cant have it both ways.
during the 96-00 dynasty the yankees payroll was not very out of line at all. their opening day 2000 payroll was in ninety something million.
1. i fail to see how the yankees payroll is ruining the game. baseball is doing great, and the yankees play a big part in that.
2. baseball has no salary cap. the yankees are breaking no rules, and if anything steinbrenner is doing everything he can to help his team while there are other owners who buy major league teams but decline to spend as much as other teams. its not like these other teams are going broke and the owners are losing money. also, the ny/tri state/global market for the yankees gives them huge merchandising cash.
3. off topic, but its more than a little funny when the red sox fans complain about the yankees payroll.
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