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alex Oct 4, 2006

baseball is dumb cause there is no salary cap. owners can buy themselves the best team in the world if they have enough money. it's retarded.

brotherman Oct 5, 2006

I won't argue that. Look at the Yankees. Their lineup is filthy. And why? Because they think they need an all-star at every position and do so by having bottomless pockets.

jp Oct 9, 2006

no cap is ok. why? because the yanks just proved, again, that high salary doesnt equal success. look at the rangers in hockey. they used to buy everyone, and then the cap was put in...first year ba...

thefunkyfresh Oct 10, 2006

i disagree, this is one of the main reasons i like the nfl better than mlb and even the nba, because every team has a chance to win it all every year. even tho the yankees didn't have "success" th...

brotherman Oct 10, 2006

Yeah, a cap is needed. But then again a lot of teams don't pour the money they make back into the team. They're getting money from the luxury taxes from high payroll teams and not using it toward...

thefunkyfresh thefunkyfreshFounder

i dunno then, maybe they have to do some kind of revenue sharing like there is in the nfl. it's better for the overall health of the league and in the long run, everybody makes more money

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chuggieOG 2003

uh, they do. The angels and marlins, to name some recent examples are teams that won the world series with the aid of revenue sharing

thefunkyfresh thefunkyfreshFounder

well then how come there are TEAMS in mlb that operate with a total salary less than some PLAYERS?

or maybe they need a cap.

ilikebirds ilikebirdsOG 2002

Cheap owners or Financially prudent owners.. Why waste your own money on a team... when you're collecting money from others luxury tax and revenue sharing.

those teams actually make money.

in the end .. it's stilla business and there are owners out there
who'd rather make a profit.. then lose moeny for a gold penant statue

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chuggieOG 2003

in the new CBA they decided that if a team doesn't spend the money they collect from this on the team/payroll, they forfeit the money

thefunkyfresh thefunkyfreshFounder

bottom line: nfl=awesome, mlb = suck

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brothermanOG 2004

Please...The NFL didn't even take over the number one spot until the early 90's. Baseball was long THE national sport. And no matter what, it'll have a richer and more exciting history than any other sport.

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chuggieOG 2003

yeah i just think they're different but i seriously understand why so many people love it the most. I just wish more than half a mill could see the NFL games live (per team).

jp jpOG 2003

except for the whole nazi regime. i mean, fining people for celebrating? not letting peyton manning wear white shoes or whatever? no fun league fo sho.

and seriously, the nfl is pretty awful with the salary cap. hockey is doing an excellent job with it so far. in the nfl, players are cut left and right because of the cap, people who should get the decency and respect from their team but they cant afford to keep them and get new players. i cant think of many specifics but i remember shannon sharpe and i know there were a bunch more

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