acsguitar: Ricky0282: The problem is not the Yankees. They happen to have the means to take advantage of a broken system. The problem is said broken system. There should be no way that a team with by far the highest payroll in the league should be able to sign the top three free agents in an offseason. And on the flip side there should be no way that certain crappy teams spend 0 dollars get millions from the yankees and make a ton of money while finishing in last
Ricky0282: The problem is not the Yankees. They happen to have the means to take advantage of a broken system. The problem is said broken system. There should be no way that a team with by far the highest payroll in the league should be able to sign the top three free agents in an offseason.
The problem is not the Yankees. They happen to have the means to take advantage of a broken system.
The problem is said broken system. There should be no way that a team with by far the highest payroll in the league should be able to sign the top three free agents in an offseason.
And on the flip side there should be no way that certain crappy teams spend 0 dollars get millions from the yankees and make a ton of money while finishing in last
Agreed. Like I said, the system is broken.
Especially in America where laws that 'prohibit' people from monopolizing something. I feel good for Jeter and Rivera and Pettite. Aside from those guys, you really think the other players on the team deserve it? Is it not enough to be highest paid at their position that have the 2nd highest paid at the position crying in shame? Oh well, nothing is going to change until New York moves out their teams to someone who can put Steinbreiner to shame which will make NY fans cry for something like that ain't right.
infamswun: Especially in America where laws that 'prohibit' people from monopolizing something. I feel good for Jeter and Rivera and Pettite. Aside from those guys, you really think the other players on the team deserve it? Is it not enough to be highest paid at their position that have the 2nd highest paid at the position crying in shame? Oh well, nothing is going to change until New York moves out their teams to someone who can put Steinbreiner to shame which will make NY fans cry for something like that ain't right.
? This post doesn't make much sense. Steinbrener is a GREAT owner. He spends all his money to win.
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With a salary cap would come a salary floor, which means that teams would have to spend at least a certain amount of money. So teams like the Yankees would have to cut back on salaries while teams like the Marlins would have to spend more money.
It's called parity, and it's something the MLB definitely doesn't have.
JohnnyRay: With a salary cap would come a salary floor, which means that teams would have to spend at least a certain amount of money. So teams like the Yankees would have to cut back on salaries while teams like the Marlins would have to spend more money. It's called parity, and it's something the MLB definitely doesn't have.
Good point but I'd like to see the cap remain somewhat high yet the floor be raised as well.
125 Million Cap
75 Million Floor
acsguitar: Good point but I'd like to see the cap remain somewhat high yet the floor be raised as well. 125 Million Cap 75 Million Floor
I am all for something like this,but doubt it will ever happen.
Kenny007: lol Figured it wouldn't take long for the losing side to bring this up.
lol Figured it wouldn't take long for the losing side to bring this up.
I'm a Mariners fan, I don't even get the luxury of being on the losing side, and being on the winning side is a dream that even I must admit may not come true even in my lifetime.
Not to mention that despite the Yankee win, it was a pretty exciting series; IDK what you were watching to suggest boredom. The ratings FOX was getting throughout the series were reportedly higher than they've had in years; I think since the Sox were in it in 04 they said. Apparently the viewing public were anything but bored as the Phillies put on a fine fight.
The viewing public prefers shows like "So You Think You Can Dance" over "House". The viewing public can suck my....well...I won't say it, but you get the point. Just because mindless peons are excited by heartless triumph doesn't mean I am. I'd rather go back and watch some of the awesome Marlins victories over the past decade or two. I'm sure they are still much more exciting to watch than this was. I wasn't even paying attention half the time.
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stoudman: I'm a Mariners fan, I don't even get the luxury of being on the losing side, and being on the winning side is a dream that even I must admit may not come true even in my lifetime.
I was starting to think I was the only M's fan left. And I hear ya on the whole "in my lifetime" thing.
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killmak: Foltzie:Plus, think of the Rays, Rockies, Twins, and A's(back in the early part of the 00's) that made it with small payrolls. Yes look at the rays. They stank for years and years because they couldnt afford free agents. Finally they pile up enough young talent that they have a great team. When you have a team full of great young players you are going to have to pay them lots and lots of money soon which is killing the rays and will put them right back to the bottom of the division. Baseball needs to do something about the bostons and new yorks spending so much more money than other teams can afford. If they expanded the playoffs to 16 teams I bet there would be a fair amount less complaining about the yankees since more teams make it to the playoffs. I am also a Blue Jays fan and I too know that making the playoffs with boston and new york in our division is slim to none. Mind you Rogers owns the Blue Jays so they should be able to spend a lot of money as well considering the better the Blue Jays do the more money they will make in other parts of their company.
Foltzie:Plus, think of the Rays, Rockies, Twins, and A's(back in the early part of the 00's) that made it with small payrolls.
Yes look at the rays. They stank for years and years because they couldnt afford free agents. Finally they pile up enough young talent that they have a great team. When you have a team full of great young players you are going to have to pay them lots and lots of money soon which is killing the rays and will put them right back to the bottom of the division. Baseball needs to do something about the bostons and new yorks spending so much more money than other teams can afford. If they expanded the playoffs to 16 teams I bet there would be a fair amount less complaining about the yankees since more teams make it to the playoffs.
I am also a Blue Jays fan and I too know that making the playoffs with boston and new york in our division is slim to none. Mind you Rogers owns the Blue Jays so they should be able to spend a lot of money as well considering the better the Blue Jays do the more money they will make in other parts of their company.
I really get sick and tired of all the haters who whine about how much money the Yankees spend whenever they win. Sure their payroll is over 200 million. But 62.6 million of that is tied up in their own homegrown guys (Jeter, Rivera, Posada, Petitte etc.).
Furthermore, it isn't the Yankees fault that spending has gotten so out of hand. Its those small market owners who want to make a splash and get manipulated by greedy ****s like Scott Boras that kill things for all the small market teams.
It was the Texas Rangers who made Alex Rodriguez sports first 200 million dollar man. It was those same Rangers that gave Chan Ho Park a 65 million dollar deal. The San Fransico Giants pretty much bid against themselves when they gave Barry Zito a 7 year 126 million dollar deal. Colorado once gave Mike Hampton and Denny Neagle contracts that combined to cost 172 million. And lets not forget all the money these small market teams have thrown away on middle relievers.
Its these small market owners trying to make a splash that has blown the market open to the point where only teams like the Yankees can meet the asking price of those free agents. And even when they aren't involved in the bidding for a particular free agent greedy guys like Scott Boras use them as leverage to get more money for their guys. In the case of Barry Zito Scott Boras kept telling the Giants that the Yankees and Mets were waiting in the wings to sign Zito despite the fact that the Yankees openly stating that they never even spoke to Boras about Zito and the Mets (if memory serves me correctly) openly saying they didn't want sign a contract longer than 5 years or costing more than 100 million.
So stop blaming the Yanks.
yankees7448:Sure their payroll is over 200 million
You just lost your argument. Now go make something creative with your Play-doh.
IrishFan: What it cost the Yankees to buy a World Series.
What it cost the Yankees to buy a World Series.
Who knows? why don't ou go and ask them.
P.S, a salary cap isn't what would make things more fair. What would make things more fair is a salary cap on player salary. While there are still a ton of ridiculously expensive players in the NBA you can still sign a damned good free agent for a deal starting at 6 to 8 million dollars. Why? Because the NBA limited players salaries.
Article of the week: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/joe_posnanski/11/05/yankees.payroll/index.html?eref=sihp
I liked his article about Steinbrenner better. I think the money almost gives an automatic ticket to the post season- which is a huge, huge advantage over everyone else, but the money doesn't win the post season.
They have been fortunate in having the most dominant player of this generation on their team for evey one of the postseasons.
If Rivera never played for the Yankees, they would not have won half of the World Series, regardless of how much money they threw at free agents.
yankees7448: P.S, a salary cap isn't what would make things more fair. What would make things more fair is a salary cap on player salary. While there are still a ton of ridiculously expensive players in the NBA you can still sign a damned good free agent for a deal starting at 6 to 8 million dollars. Why? Because the NBA limited players salaries.
That is less likely than instituting a salary cap because the Player's Union has way too much power.
