The Boss is Back

[Nebkreb]

haha thats great, we re pretty dumb

 

[Jon_Vilma]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (chang @ Aug 3 2006, 09:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Adrop, there's no point to keep arguing. Yankee fans will never understand that not all teams can spend excessively like they can. They'll always think that teams CHOOSE to suck because they don't have the money to spend like they do.</div>Of course most teams can't spend as much as we do. But some can. You do realize that The Boss isn't the richest owner in sports right? Not even close. The Cubs could pay 180 mil for their roster if they wanted to, they choose not to.And it's not the spending figure. Teams like the Mariners can afford to spend 140-160, why don't they? Because the profit margains aren't as large when you try your hardest to win.Also, teams claim "We can't afford to spend more than 60 million." It might be true that they'll lose money if they spend 80 million, but there is a very well known business saying "You have to spend money to make money" that rings very true here. The reason the Yankees are the richest, most beloved sports team in the world is because they went into debt in order to make money.It's like a dry cleaner business sitting back and making their 50 grand in profits every year. Slow but steady income. It's like if they complained that the store across town now has 4 locations and is making 300 grand a year, because they invested in the market and reaped what they sowed. The other Dry Cleaners had to go into debt and take out loans to build and expand, but now they are the better business because they didn't sit there with their thumb up their ass and watch the competition outstretch them.Pittsburgh and Philly both have the same general marketing ability as the Red Sox had, and they sat with their thumbs up their asses and watched the Bosox explode into monetary greatness while they collected their steady income. It's a choice for most teams. Teams that can't compete financially (IE the Royals) should either move or be contracted. I'm sorry your team is in a shitty market with no fans, but when a business chooses a location that stinks, you know what happens? They go out of business or relocate.I'm all for a cap, as long as it comes with a minimum. If the NFL didn't have a minimum, Minnesota wouldn't have had that spending fest they did a couple years ago. They had to spend a bunch of money, otherwise they'd have been fined and lost draft picks for not spending enough. That's something Baseball should do. A hard cap of say 130-140 million would be fair, if it came with a hard minimum of say 80-90 million.There is no excuse for a team spending 15 million. If that's all they can afford, forced relocation/contraction is in order, because obviously it's not a viable business venture. Businesses that can't compete in the real world either go out of business or relocate. Sad, I know all 2 thousand loyal Marlin fans will be severly disappointed, but that's the breaks. I'm sure there were plenty of people who enjoyed "New Coke" as well, but when there aren't enough supporters for a product, like the Marlins and Royals, that product gets pulled from the shelves and replaced.