kentx12 wrote: It's not anger it is the truth. ESPN reported tonight that if/when they get Johnson there payroll just for Sp's will be 100 million. That is crazy. I guess if you cant win it buy it right?
are you serious ...
Thats insane ... This Madness has to stop ... is has to ..
Well, it would be:
16 for Randy
16 for Brown
10 for Pavano
11 for Vaz
8 (?) for Wright
The Yanks should not spend their own money so that other billionaire owners can have a better chance at competing with them? That is an interesting argument to propose. Welfare for billionaires. George should pocket the 100M into his bank account so Time Warner and Glass and Pohlad can spend less and have a better chance at beating George...I see. Very interesting...let's all share the proceeds of other people's work. Let's make sure everyone gets the same amount of resources no matter how much money and effort they invest. There is a word for that philosophy, I do not think I need to say it. It is sort of on the trash heap of history. Wrong country gentlemen (football nothwithstanding).
TheYanks04 wrote:The Yanks should not spend their own money so that other billionaire owners can have a better chance at competing with them? That is an interesting argument to propose. Welfare for billionaires. George should pocket the 100M into his bank account so Time Warner and Glass and Pohlad can spend less and have a better chance at beating George...I see. Very interesting...let's all share the proceeds of other people's work. Let's make sure everyone gets the same amount of resources no matter how much money and effort they invest. There is a word for that philosophy, I do not think I need to say it. It is sort of on the trash heap of history. Wrong country gentlemen (football nothwithstanding).
The last two words of your post ruined the rest of it. While baseball has struggled, the NFL has become the most popular sport in the country.
TheYanks04 wrote:The Yanks should not spend their own money so that other billionaire owners can have a better chance at competing with them? That is an interesting argument to propose. Welfare for billionaires. George should pocket the 100M into his bank account so Time Warner and Glass and Pohlad can spend less and have a better chance at beating George...I see. Very interesting...let's all share the proceeds of other people's work. Let's make sure everyone gets the same amount of resources no matter how much money and effort they invest. There is a word for that philosophy, I do not think I need to say it. It is sort of on the trash heap of history. Wrong country gentlemen (football nothwithstanding).
The last two words of your post ruined the rest of it. While baseball has struggled, the NFL has become the most popular sport in the country.
TheYanks04 wrote:The Yanks should not spend their own money so that other billionaire owners can have a better chance at competing with them? That is an interesting argument to propose. Welfare for billionaires. George should pocket the 100M into his bank account so Time Warner and Glass and Pohlad can spend less and have a better chance at beating George...I see. Very interesting...let's all share the proceeds of other people's work. Let's make sure everyone gets the same amount of resources no matter how much money and effort they invest. There is a word for that philosophy, I do not think I need to say it. It is sort of on the trash heap of history. Wrong country gentlemen (football nothwithstanding).
The last two words of your post ruined the rest of it. While baseball has struggled, the NFL has become the most popular sport in the country.
Agreed. 1 reason for that is the balance. Anyone can make it to the playoffs and then the Super Bowl "Carolina" you dont have teams who can go out and buy every free agent they want. Baseball really needs a cap.
Let's all implement the latest 5 year plan...and create a joke of a playoff scheme...keep 2/3 the league in the playoff picture to the end...adjust schedules to help out losing teams...punish those that succeed for too long...great system. Is the product better for it? You be the judge
Just because the NFL is a socialist/cmmunist entity that has managed so far to be moderately successful does not imply it is a better economic system over the long haul. History has proven that a socialist or communist system has failed in every instance imposed. Complain all you want and cry all you want. The system is what it is and the Yanks and Red Sox and any one else can spend whatever they are capable to further their aim. It guarantees nothing result-wise as the O's and Mets have repeatedly shown.
Those who complan about the Yanks money are the same people who complain that MS is too successful. How dare they make money and products people want over their competitors. It is an idiotic argument to be arguing that a socialist system is better for anyone. No team has any obligation to see to it that other franchises have an equal opportunity. Bseball is not and never has been an equal opportunity franchiser and thereisa reason why the YAnks are worth 1 B and the Brewers worth 200M give or take. You get what you pay for and you reap the rewards of successful investment on many levels.
It makes no sense to talk about baseball and throw around terms like capitalism, socialism, etc., or to compare them to MS. Do you think the San Diego Padres could pick up tomorrow and set up shop in the Bronx? No? They can't do that. These types of analogies are garbage.
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Let's all implement the latest 5 year plan...and create a joke of a playoff scheme...keep 2/3 the league in the playoff picture to the end...adjust schedules to help out losing teams...punish those that succeed for too long...great system. Is the product better for it? You be the judge
Just because the NFL is a socialist/cmmunist entity that has managed so far to be moderately successful does not imply it is a better economic system over the long haul. History has proven that a socialist or communist system has failed in every instance imposed. Complain all you want and cry all you want. The system is what it is and the Yanks and Red Sox and any one else can spend whatever they are capable to further their aim. It guarantees nothing result-wise as the O's and Mets have repeatedly shown.
Those who complan about the Yanks money are the same people who complain that MS is too successful. How dare they make money and products people want over their competitors. It is an idiotic argument to be arguing that a socialist system is better for anyone. No team has any obligation to see to it that other franchises have an equal opportunity. Bseball is not and never has been an equal opportunity franchiser and thereisa reason why the YAnks are worth 1 B and the Brewers worth 200M give or take. You get what you pay for and you reap the rewards of successful investment on many levels.
Im really glad you took the time to type all that and I really believe you do believe it but it is not right. If yankee fans would sit back and look at baseball instead of the Yankees they would realize what a bad situation the sport is in and most of it is caused by the Yankees managment and the money they are throwing around. The biggest part of owners are not going to be able to spend like this and it is going to bring a bigger gap between the teams that can contend and the teams that cant. Now if you disagree with this fine but most people who arent Yankee fans believe it is the truth.
Let's all implement the latest 5 year plan...and create a joke of a playoff scheme...keep 2/3 the league in the playoff picture to the end...adjust schedules to help out losing teams...punish those that succeed for too long...great system. Is the product better for it? You be the judge
Just because the NFL is a socialist/cmmunist entity that has managed so far to be moderately successful does not imply it is a better economic system over the long haul. History has proven that a socialist or communist system has failed in every instance imposed. Complain all you want and cry all you want. The system is what it is and the Yanks and Red Sox and any one else can spend whatever they are capable to further their aim. It guarantees nothing result-wise as the O's and Mets have repeatedly shown.
Those who complan about the Yanks money are the same people who complain that MS is too successful. How dare they make money and products people want over their competitors. It is an idiotic argument to be arguing that a socialist system is better for anyone. No team has any obligation to see to it that other franchises have an equal opportunity. Bseball is not and never has been an equal opportunity franchiser and thereisa reason why the YAnks are worth 1 B and the Brewers worth 200M give or take. You get what you pay for and you reap the rewards of successful investment on many levels.
Stop trying to use big words. They make you sound like a douche-bag.
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TheYanks04 wrote: Those who complan about the Yanks money are the same people who complain that MS is too successful. How dare they make money and products people want over their competitors. It is an idiotic argument to be arguing that a socialist system is better for anyone. No team has any obligation to see to it that other franchises have an equal opportunity. Bseball is not and never has been an equal opportunity franchiser and thereisa reason why the Yanks are worth 1 B and the Brewers worth 200M give or take. You get what you pay for and you reap the rewards of successful investment on many levels.
isn't it naive to think that Microsoft put tons of companies out of business, but the Yankees aren't, or in this case "can't" because the employees won't let them go out of business?
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by Transmogrifier » Tue Dec 21, 2004 9:50 pm 
