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Originally posted by pan6467
I feel ALL TEAMS are equal subsidiaries/divisions of MLB. Therefore ALL PROFITS should be spilt equally. Each team needs the other. To argue differently is to argue as to why MLB has so many teams if they can't produce.
I've said this before on here. Give each team a 32nd of the total profit and from that 65-75% goes to payroll, 10% to owners and front office, 5-15% goes to minor legue development, 10% goes to community relations.The percentages may need worked on but that inspires King George and the 29 other owners to make sure a Detroit sells as much as possible. It would eventually force teams and owners to produce, sell or relocate to become more profitable.
The revenue sharing now almost is an incentive for poor owners to stay poor, so that they don't have to spend as much and they get league welfare.
Every city would feel they had a chance and the game would be where it should be in the GM's hands and not the wallet.
KING GEORGE is guilty on all counts of hording money and making sure other divisions cannot compete financially.
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You could do that plan, but only if you are willing to go several years either without any baseball or with extremely substandard replacement players, 'cause the union would fight that to the last man, and would win the fight in any court in this country.
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