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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: ddaryl on June 20, 2002, 05:10:41 PM
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for all of you who love Baseball or sports in general and are sick and tired of these lame ass strikes over who get to be richer its time to do somethiing
Even if your not a true baseball fan, supporting this "Baseball boycott" on July 11 could help send a serious message to other sports that are do for labor contracts
anyways I thought this info should be shared and passed along
I\'m a huge fan of the NFL\'s salary cap. Even though it means favorite players do not last it creates and un arguable balance among all teams and forces players and owners to work with in set perameters which keeps the overall cost down to some degree
here\'s the website
http://mlbfanstrike.com/
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The first day after the all star break. Yeah, I\'m sure I can do that. Major League baseball really needs a salary cap (among other things).
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salary caps make the sport they are attached to thrive... its been proven.
its really disgusting to see whats going on in baseball now. i wonder if some of those mrons even wonder about the magnitude of what they are doing.
profesional athletes have got to have the highest moron per person ratio in the world.
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Originally posted by LUKE
salary caps make the sport they are attached to thrive... its been proven.
its really disgusting to see whats going on in baseball now. i wonder if some of those mrons even wonder about the magnitude of what they are doing.
profesional athletes have got to have the highest moron per person ratio in the world.
especially in baseball because most athletes come out of high school or other countries.
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Originally posted by mjps21983
especially in baseball because most athletes come out of high school or other countries.
On that note...
Texas Longhorns are in the college World Series baby! WOO! :D
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Too bad that probably won\'t work. If Yahoo! or a big site like that advertised it it would have a greater effect. Oh well, I guess I can always look up the score on July 12th.
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hmmmmm... just be easy on the Bosox, they\'re my team. You can beat up on the Yanks all you want. That\'s an abuse of money right now.
Now... about Montreal and Minnesota.
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Originally posted by "The One" Billy Gunn
hmmmmm... just be easy on the Bosox, they\'re my team. You can beat up on the Yanks all you want. That\'s an abuse of money right now.
the bosox have the 2nd highest payroll in baseball.
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Originally posted by LUKE
the bosox have the 2nd highest payroll in baseball.
Argg... I\'m all for the equal pay/salary cap, but the Bosox are not nearly as offensive as the yanks.
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Major League Team Payrolls
1. Yankees $125,928,583 $4,342,365
2. Red Sox $108,366,060 $3,612,202
3. Rangers $105,302,124 $3,631,108
4. D-Backs $102,820,000 $3,115,758
5. Dodgers $94,850,952 $3,648,114
6. Mets $94,633,593 $3,639,754
7. Braves $93,470,367 $3,015,173
8. Mariners $80,282,668 $3,211,307
9. Indians $78,909,448 $2,630,315
10. Giants $78,299,835 $2,899,994
11. Blue Jays $76,864,333 $2,650,494
12. Cubs $75,690,833 $2,703,244
13. Cardinals $74,098,267 $2,849,933
14. Astros $63,448,417 $2,349,941
15. Angels $61,721,667 $2,204,345
16. Orioles $60,493,487 $1,890,421
17. Phillies $57,955,000 $2,069,821
18. White Sox $57,052,833 $2,113,068
19. Rockies $56,851,043 $2,105,594
20. Tigers $55,048,000 $1,966,000
21. Brewers $50,287,833 $1,734,063
22. Royals $47,257,000 $1,629,552
23. Reds $45,050,390 $1,501,680
24. Pirates $42,323,598 $1,459,434
25. Marlins $41,979,917 $1,499,283
26. Padres $41,425,000 $1,428,448
27. Twins $40,225,000 $1,547,115
28. Athletics $39,679,746 $1,469,620
29. Expos $38,670,500 $1,381,089
30. Devil Rays $34,380,000 $1,227,857
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go Devil Rays???
hmmm.... well, better than dirt.:D
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Woo!!! Look at my D-backs, up there in 4th. I don\'t understand it though, they have 3 big name guys...oh well. Toot on.
On a seperate note, i am all in favor of a baseball salary cap. Baseball needs to even out the teams. It seems like it\'s the same teams every year competing because they are usually the ones with the highest payroll. And until there is a salary cap, baseball will suffer.
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The A\'s are 28th and they are doing just fine. But a salary cap would do wonders for baseball. That or have a minimum of oh..70 million so that the teams will be closer together in payroll. I guess this little chart Luke posted proves what money can do. DBacks 4th in payroll and won a World Series, DRays last in payroll and are the far from it.
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Go Salary Cap, for sure. Baseball has needed it for a long time. Nice to see my Cubs there in 12th, just proving that they\'re what they want to be, "Middle of the pack". IF they trade Lieber like they\'ve been talking about, that\'ll go down, though. (which would suck)
As for this July 11th strike thing, **** it. It won\'t do anything, and I don\'t feel like missing a day of baseball just because some guy came up with an idea of missing one day of games because it would "send a message" to Bud Selig and all of the other fat cat Owners in the Major Leagues.
See Yuz.
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May I be the lone voice here.
I have had my share of Red Sox dissapointments over the years. Who hasn\'t!
That being said, I do not believe that there should be a salary cap. Baseball and all the other sports are entertainment and should be treated the same. I think the market will decide what these players can be paid.
Ace
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Your opinion wouldn\'t be based on Boston having the 2nd highest payroll and probably having to cut a lot of good players if they actually had a salary cap now would it?
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Dang, I haven\'t been to a game in two years and I finally got tickets for the 7/11 Devil Rays game. Crap!!!!
I hate it when billionares fight with millionares. All I want is to be able to fill my tank up with gas.
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Originally posted by unfocused
Your opinion wouldn\'t be based on Boston having the 2nd highest payroll and probably having to cut a lot of good players if they actually had a salary cap now would it?
No.
I\'m a Red Sox fan. There is nothing on this earth that I think could give us all the marbles. :)
I still believe what I posted.
Ace
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Originally posted by Ace
May I be the lone voice here.
I have had my share of Red Sox dissapointments over the years. Who hasn\'t!
That being said, I do not believe that there should be a salary cap. Baseball and all the other sports are entertainment and should be treated the same. I think the market will decide what these players can be paid.
Ace
The thing about a salary cap is it isn\'t designed to limit what players make. It\'s designed to limit the amount a team can spend overall. Say there was a 65 million dollar cap. You could still pay players just as much as they are being paid, you\'d just to spend less on the rest of the team. This really needs to be done, because small market teams will never make as much as large market teams. With teams like the Yankees spending so much, there is no way a team from a smaller market could compete with them over the long term if the teams can spend as much as they want. It isn\'t a matter of the market dictating wages, it\'s a matter of making sure all the teams have a shot.
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I hate to say it, but if there is a baseball team in a smaller market than that\'s what they get. Why should a team that has the money not be able to spend it any way they please.
It might not dictate the wages but it will have the same effect.
Ace
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Simple. When you only have 9 or so teams that can compete year in and year out, in a 30 team league or something, it gets boring, and people in the small market areas lose interest. How is it their fault that they are a small market?
And if this goes unchecked, it won\'t get any better. It will get worse.
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Well, it\'s not my fault that they are in a small market.
If I start a business and the market I am trying to attract is to small to keep my business going it\'s my fault.
I see your point. I really do. I\'m not sure what the answer is though.
Ace
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Well, there are only so many markets large enough to compete. Unless you\'re proposing we contract to about 8 teams, I think a salary cap is necessary.