Baseball's perfect financial setup vs. the dreaded NFL

Yes.

 

When ownerships come open in baseball, the powers that be should make sure they're filled by people willing to spend some of their personal fortune on their teams. No more of this Glass shit.

 

Here's what Rosenthal screwed up:

The Yankees actually will lop at least $87 million off the payroll after 2008 when they buyout Damon instead of picking up his option and have no commitment to Pettitte's $16 milllion (best bet is he will retire).
Plus, because they are financing their new stadiums (NYC's contribution is for infrastructure, train stations, etc.) the Yankee and Mets have, I believe, at least 5 years forgiveness on contributions to revenue sharing/reduced luxury tax.

And if owners like Carl Pohlad (who is getting a new, taxpayer financed stadium despite being a gazillionaire) and Jeffrey Loria (who wants what Carl Pohlad is getting) would use the revenue sharing money to increase their payrolls instead of pocketing the money, the field would be much more level.

But you all can keep telling us how baseball needs a salary cap.
What it needs is to enforce its revenue sharing rules and create a salary floor so scumbags like Loria don't reduce the payroll to $15 mill and cry poverty in a fucking market as big as South Florida because he's pissed off he can't (and shouldn't) get a taxpayer funded stadium.

 

Eliminate the luxury-box tax exemption once and for all.

 

I agree on enforcing the revenue sharing and that a floor is necessary, but baseball needs a ceiling as well.

 

Awwwwwwwwwwwwww, poor Pat Bowlen doesn't like the NFL's labor agreement!

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jan/18/legwold-labor-deal-has-caused-pain/

 

Thank God there's a salary cap in football. You'd hate to see Boston and New York fighting it out for the championship.

 

Or Green Bay, Wisconsin in the final four.

Walk into fastballs much?

 

Meanwhile, Cleveland was in the final four in baseball. Not exactly what I would consider a major market either.

 

Show me a baseball market that much smaller than the average, and your market-size argument would hold water.

 

Welcome back, dickhead. Way to jump right in with both feet again.

Simon has missed you!

 

Baseball can't support such a thing.