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Originally Posted by canuckguy
The one thing your all forgetting is most of your teams are owned by billionaires who don't give a fuck if the team wins, only care about the profits. Usually the difference between a successful team and a franchise in ruin is who owns the team. For example the toronto maple leafs in hockey are owned by a corporation who knows that no matter what product they put out there the building will sell out. No chance of winning until you have someone who owns the team and cares. Sure the stars can align and you can get lucky like Rays did a couple of years ago.
I know Mark Cuban is a businessman first and fan second but i bet if you asked him if he could earn 50 million profit this year with his mavericks or only 1 million and win a championship he would take the title in a heart beat.
Face the facts, more of the owners don't care if the team wins. Sure some do care and are willing to invest in the teams. The money is there for teams to invest in revenue sharing but most just pocket it. I believe there are penalties if they don't use the money on baseball operations though.
I wish the fucktards that own my jays would put more money into the team but they don't care. That makes me hate the them, but i am jealous that the yanks are willing to spend the cash. In the 90's the jays has the highest payroll in baseball, why can't they do that now for example.
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But this has nothing to do with the argument. The Yankees and Red Sox have the kind of income that allows for payroll coverage AND giant profits without the owners having to dip into their personal fortunes beyond the costs of purchasing the franchise. You really think that compares to other owners having to do just that in order to consider competing?
It really sounds like you are just complaining about your team instead of really looking at the problems within the system.
EDIT: Pan just said it MUCH better right below...
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Last edited by djtestudo; 12-19-2009 at 10:18 PM..
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