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Shino
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 Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:28 pm Post subject: Baseball needs a salary cap |
This is just sad...
New York Yankees $ 208,306,817 Lost ALDS
Boston Red Sox $ 123,505,125 Lost ALDS
New York Mets $ 101,305,821
Los Angeles Angels $ 97,725,322 Lost ALCS
Philadelphia Phillies $ 95,522,000
St. Louis Cardinals $ 92,106,833 Losing NLCS
San Francisco Giants $ 90,199,500
Seattle Mariners $ 87,754,334
Chicago Cubs $ 87,032,933
Atlanta Braves $ 86,457,302 Lost NLDS (AGAIN!)
Los Angeles Dodgers $ 83,039,000
Houston Astros $ 76,779,000 Winning NLCS
Chicago White Sox $ 75,178,000 Won ALCS
Baltimore Orioles $ 73,914,333
Detroit Tigers $ 69,092,000
San Diego Padres $ 63,290,833 Lost NLDS
Arizona Diamondbacks $ 62,329,166
Cincinnati Reds $ 61,892,583
Florida Marlins $ 60,408,834
Minnesota Twins $ 56,186,000
Texas Rangers $ 55,849,000
Oakland Athletics $ 55,425,762
Washington Nationals $ 48,581,500
Colorado Rockies $ 48,155,000
Toronto Blue Jays $ 45,719,500
Cleveland Indians $ 41,502,500
Milwaukee Brewers $ 39,934,833
Pittsburgh Pirates $ 38,133,000
Kansas City Royals $ 36,881,000
Tampa Bay Devil Rays $ 29,679,067
Come on Yanks... it's pretty bad when you have crossed $200M and there's only 2 other teams that are over $100M.
MLB... Salary cap! |
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Ultrawolf
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| Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:45 pm Post subject: |
Personally I feel that Professional sports players in general are really overpaid. Imagine if all that money went towards something else, something much more productive...
Don't get me wrong, I love playing sports.
I've never been much of a watcher.
I guess it's just hard for me personally to justify such an expenditure of money. |
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Ming
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:39 am Post subject: |
| Ultrawolf wrote: | Personally I feel that Professional sports players in general are really overpaid. Imagine if all that money went towards something else, something much more productive...
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Like, they should write a check out to me.
At any rate, I agree. It really does need a salary cap, because those numbers are just out of hand. What I find funny is how many times they Yanks get their asses handed to them by the Devil Rays...who are at the bottom of the list. It just proves that you don't need such a high payroll. And according to this, it appears that the two "winning" teams right now are right in the middle of the list.
Also, this just further proves my point about the Mets. Mets fans love complaining about how they Yankees are only good because they have so much money. And yet, they're #3 on the list and haven't performed.
Or maybe I just like getting a rise out of Rev...  |
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reaper
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| Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 6:48 pm Post subject: |
Personally I don't see why they need one, unless you want to put a salary cap on musicians and actors ect; which isn't necessarily a bad idea.
But basically professional athletes are paid to entertain, just like musicians, actors ect.
So if you are going to cap it, cap the whole damn industry, but personally I think athletes deserve more than actors, they only get one take |
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Shino
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| Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 7:47 pm Post subject: |
| reaper wrote: | Personally I don't see why they need one, unless you want to put a salary cap on musicians and actors ect; which isn't necessarily a bad idea.
But basically professional athletes are paid to entertain, just like musicians, actors ect.
So if you are going to cap it, cap the whole damn industry, but personally I think athletes deserve more than actors, they only get one take |
A salery cap is there to make it fair for all teams. Baseball is not at all fair for all teams
For instance... look at the Devilrays... they can't afford the high price players that the Yanks can. It's crazy.
The proof is in the Marlins. Remember they sucked, then all of a sudden they won the world series... then they sucked again.
Why? B/c for one season, the dished out the cash to get all the big name players. Then ditch them all b/c it was too much. Hoping it would pull in revenue.
Another perfect example is football. Look at the Bangals. Who would have thought they would be in first place. It goes to show that any team with the right coaching and good teamwork can do well in the NFL. On the other hand... MLB is so full of stuck up high priced names, that even if everyone hates eachother, they can still win. |
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