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inferno · 08-30-2002, 03:03 PM

Well, there was an agreement made, so there will be no strike, but I want to make a few points that were kinda brought up throughout the thread. Most people won't agree with what I am saying, but the owners are completely full of **** on this whole revenue sharing and luxary tax issue. They claim that they are losing money and say that small market teams can't compete with the big market teams, which isn't exactly true. The Twins and A's are two of the lowest paying teams in baseball yet they are in first place in their divisions. The Ranger's and the Mets are two of the highest paying teams yet they are both in dead last in their division. Money doesn't solve the problem...it's recruiting and scouting. The owners just want to make more of a profit which is why they refuse to show their books to anyone. If they were losing so much money, why not prove it by opening their books. Minnesota is a perfect case. They want a new stadium because they claim that is why they are losing money in the old stadium, yet when Gov Ventura asked them to open the books so he can verify, they wouldn't do it. If the owner's were really losing money like they claim, the average salary in the league wouldn't be 2.4 million. The teams that are "poor" would constantly lose players and their payroll would continue to decrease. If you look at most of the teams payrolls over the past few years, they have gone up, not down which tells me that they are obviously making enough money to pay more money to their players. The players are making millions, but the owners are making even more....and they want to make even more profit by keeping salaries under control.

08-30-2002, 03:03 PM	#39
inferno The Instigator Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: So Cal and Houston Posts: 764	Well, there was an agreement made, so there will be no strike, but I want to make a few points that were kinda brought up throughout the thread. Most people won't agree with what I am saying, but the owners are completely full of **** on this whole revenue sharing and luxary tax issue. They claim that they are losing money and say that small market teams can't compete with the big market teams, which isn't exactly true. The Twins and A's are two of the lowest paying teams in baseball yet they are in first place in their divisions. The Ranger's and the Mets are two of the highest paying teams yet they are both in dead last in their division. Money doesn't solve the problem...it's recruiting and scouting. The owners just want to make more of a profit which is why they refuse to show their books to anyone. If they were losing so much money, why not prove it by opening their books. Minnesota is a perfect case. They want a new stadium because they claim that is why they are losing money in the old stadium, yet when Gov Ventura asked them to open the books so he can verify, they wouldn't do it. If the owner's were really losing money like they claim, the average salary in the league wouldn't be 2.4 million. The teams that are "poor" would constantly lose players and their payroll would continue to decrease. If you look at most of the teams payrolls over the past few years, they have gone up, not down which tells me that they are obviously making enough money to pay more money to their players. The players are making millions, but the owners are making even more....and they want to make even more profit by keeping salaries under control. __________________ The most powerful weapon known to man is the human brain....unfortunately, many people are walking around unarmed.