baseball_gal_aly

It really doesn't matter, as anti-trust laws have been mostly ignored for the last 45 years.

Nobody is expecting teams to not go through rough stretches, but I don't think it's unreasonable to ask them to do everything possible to maximize a competitive window. Those last 3-5 years. And also, if the players they've signed are still good they can salary dump them for nothing but payroll relief if necessary. In the current model, I think that fans of smaller market teams would be fine with some lean years in return for a 3-5 year window where ownership does everything possible to try to win a championship. The contracts don't exist in a vacuum, they can be dumped if necessary to another team trying to win. Like the Sox window ended, but if they would have signed Harper in 2019 like they should have, I don't think they'd have an issue dumping that contract if things went south like they ended up doing.

Also since we're all White Sox fans, i suggest we read this book. I haven't read it yet but I want to, hopefully I can find it at a library. https://beltpublishing.com/products/rethinking-fandom-how-to-beat-the-sports-industrial-complex-at-its-own-game Imagine how it would break sports if fans all collectively decided to root for the name on the back of the jersey instead of the name on the front.

Yes I have taken a course in economics, but I don't believe that's how the world actually works. I think conventional economics is a lie. The actual way things work is very different. https://pitchforkeconomics.com/episode/is-econ-101-a-lie/] This is a venture capitalist, straight up telling you that it's all a scam.

This is something that is going to erode regional fandom over time, but I think those revenue streams could be recreated by offering a 30 team package on one exclusive platform, like NFL Sunday ticket on Youtube. I'm sure AppleTV would pay a ton of money to offer one team or league packages, outside of the national games. Also, I think that the loss of regional team money will be made up for by legalized gambling.

I think that even with the amount they're spending, the Dodgers are raking in massive profits and the teams that don't spend like that are profiting even more. I think there are certain ownership groups that don't give a rat's ass about winning and are content taking their dividend from their share of the team at the end of each season. Instead of punishing teams for spending money, let's punish them for not spending a certain amount.

As the saying goes, if you want to play, you have to pay. If you can't handle a fire, get out of the kitchen.

I don't make money on my hobbies. Do you? They're net negative cashflow. Sports teams are a hobby for billionaires and they should be expected to run at a loss. They're not like regular businesses. If an owner isn't in it to win championships every year then they need to sell. I want owners that are in for a short time and willing to sacrifice a sizeable portion of their fortune to win a championship, and if they can't do it, sell to someone else willing to do the same.

The issue is that the MLBPA is misguided and only cares about the contracts for the Ohtani, Trout and Harper type players and not the majority of their union. They have shown repeatedly that they're willing to sell out the young players and minor leaguers in order for the top 10 players to get 400+M contracts.

Until I see the books, yes. If they're going to be secretive about how much they're making I'm going to assume they're hiding massive profits like those with bank accounts in the Cayman Islands and such.

The Rays do and it works for them. If these teams are going to be cheap they need to use the Rays as a model. Never trade prospects, keep trading vets in arb 2 or arb 3 for prospects. As long as the players are paid much less than vets then this is how it's going to work. Leave the vets for the Dodgers/NY teams.

I wouldn't mind a cap and floor system as long as it's like the NFL where the floor is like 88% of the cap. The NFL is king because all revenue is league revenue and it gets split evenly amongst the 32 teams. I have no clue why every sports league isn't run this way.

No, I think you don't understand how things work.

There are multiple people that work as baseball writers, that say that owners are being cheap and raking in massive profits. If I can find more legit writers that agree, I'll present my evidence. It was all over twitter when Ohtani signed.

They're going to trade Santander et al and keep the prospects.

This gal knows her s%*#.

It's just something I agree with. You have prominent baseball writers telling you that it's just owners being cheap.

Ok, they should open the books to the players and prove it then. BTW, I'm not expecting the smaller market teams to spend like the Dodgers on a regular basis, but rather be willing to exceed the luxury tax during a competitive window

The Brewers owner can sell to someone who is willing to with a really nice ROI

Blame the owners. 28 owners are ruining baseball. Cohen and the Dodgers group are the only ones doing it the right way.

Lol no

Was this supposed to fool people into thinking they traded Moncada?