Congrats to the yankees and there 500 mil dollar payroll!

1) The Mets are in NYC. If you do not understand the built in advantages of being in NYC vs. anywhere else you will never see the light at the end of the tunnel and you extreme bias will continue to show.

2) you obviously ignored when i talked about what teams make the playoffs and how the AL central has an advantage of the unbalanced schedule since they avoid playing the highest payroll teams. The AL Central is the weakest of all the AL divisions for various reasons.

3) There are reason the O's don't spend money right now but it is useless explaining that to you because I already mentioned players being under team control and how they keeps their cost down. That flew over your head so its not worth repeating or explaining that concept.

4) The Cubs spent money and it got them nowhere because of RISK (another post that you must have missed). The Yankees can absorb a contract bust but other teams cannot. The Cubs have ravaged their farm system do their the spending and lack of scouting, drafting and developing. They are now feeling the effects.

Football is the most profitable, popular sport because EVERY SINGLE TEAM has a chance, every year. All and every fan base is involved and pays attention to the season. They don't miss out and not profit off of 50% of the league because the league as a whole is so much more competitive.

In baseball you can eliminate half the teams and their fanbase at the start of every year because they have no shot. Basebll is missing out on a lot of profit because they focus too much on the Yankees, Red Sox, Angels, Dodgers, etc.... 1/3rd of the league is what they make their money on.

As you stated baseball is a business and the owners are business men. So why would they spend the money to put a team with a higher payroll out on the field that will not compete... That is the reason for low payrolls.

Since the cancellation of the WS this will be the 15th WS. On one side for the argument for parity is that 7 of the 14 American teams have made it to the WS. However looking deeper into the stats you see this:

American East:
Yankees 6 (7 now)
Red Soxs: 2
Rays: 1

Central:
Indians: 2
Tigers: 1
White Soxs: 1

West:
Angels: 1

After looking at these stats it is very alarming that there is no parity in the American league. The West only has one representation in 15 years!!! The Central has only 4. The Yankees themselves have more combined appearances than all the AL Central and West teams combined. To me this is a problem, but maybe not to others.

As a follow-up in the National league since 1995 there have been 10 teams representing 16 teams (with the Dodgers having a chance to make it 11):

NL East:
Braves: 3
Marlins: 2
Phillies: 1 (2 now)
Mets: 1

Central:
Cardinals: 2
Astros: 1

West:
Diamondbacks: 1
Giants: 1
Padres: 1
Rockies: 1

The National league you could arguable say has parity, but the American League has no parity whatsoever.

"As you stated baseball is a business and the owners are business men. So why would they spend the money to put a team with a higher payroll out on the field that will not compete... That is the reason for low payrolls."


How do you know they wont compete?

You answered all the questions to your arguments you have to spend money to be competitive in baseball (most of the time not always)... The fact is, the owners of all major league teams have the money, it just stays in their pockets, and that is a FACT!


Quote from Bud Selig...

"The Pirates got $28 million in revenue-sharing money last season, and $15 million to $20 million in broadcast contracts and other sources."

Thats 48 million dollars not including their own personal revenue??? Where is that money going????

Answer: In the owners pocket!

Oh, but it gets worse:

Let's look at ALCS appearances vs World Series Appearances (ie, how many ALCS wins does a team have?) from 1995 to 2009 :

East
Yankees 9/7
Boston 5/2
Baltimore 2/0
Tampa 1/1
Toronto 0/0

Central
Cleveland 4/2
Minn. 1/0
Chicago 1/1
Detroit 1/1
KC 0/0

West
Angels 3/1
Seattle 3/0
Okland 1/0
Rangers 0/0

So, over the last 15 World Series, the American League has been represented by the Yankees in seven. Boston and Cleveland account for half of the remaining eight (and Cleveland last went 12 years ago!). Tampa, Chicago, Detroit and Anaheim each have one WS appearance since 1995.
Yeah, that's parity baby...a parody of parity.

Here's another stat that will keep you up at night. The Yankees or the Red $ox have been in the playoffs every year since 1995 (14 trips to the ALDS for the Yankee$, nine for the Red $ox). The Yankees and the Red $ox have both been in the playoffs eight of the last 15 years.
The wild card has come out of the West three times and the Central one time in the last 15 years.

Please answer post # 130

The revenue sharing is a scam. The way it is instituted is a complete hoax of a system that creates a level playing field.

The Yankees get to keep all the profit from YES. The opposing teams get ZERO from when they play the Yankees on YES. Explain how that is remotely fair.... Not to mention the other profits taht are protected under the revenue sharing system in place.

What FA would the teams you are bringing up have a chance at signing?? Give me names and then tell me teh team they went to... The Yankees can put a larger offer out on the table for any player at any time. It does not matter. They leaves the scaps for the other teams and as I already explained the cost of signing a FA that does not provide you with a substantial upgrade over an in house, minor leaguer is not a savvy or smart business move for the cash strapped teams.

So The Pirates receiving $28 million for doing nothing is a scam???? I beg to differ ... Well I disagree and so does MLB, Bud Selig makes it a point to say that all Major league baseball teams have the money to put a competitive baseball team on the field, unfortunately he cannot regulate what a team spends their money on.

Simple economics you spend money to make money!

If someone handed you 28 million what would you do with it?  Put it in your pocket or invest it with a possibility of a return, and no guarantee... The Yankees and Red Sox constantly invest invest invest which is why you see them in the Playoffs every year!!

The Red Sox finally figured that out that spending money gives u a better chance of winning!!!  Cause before that they were nobodys

I don't even have read this to know this is a 12 year old Red Sox fan that knows nothing about baseball see TB last year I love digruntled slow students I work with them all day you know how to keep them happy distract them with a stick or some ice cream

BTW  the year before revenue sharing the yankees made more money than 4 teams combined

Watch what Tampa Bay does this off-season... I guarantee you they spend money like crazy!!!

They got a taste of it last yr and will now take their profits and invest it, you'll see

I will ask again... what logical baseball move should they ahve spent it on?

Who did they have a realistic shot at signign and does that player put them in the playoffs?

Why do you keep ignoring how the revenue sharing system in place is a scam and does nothing to create a level playing field?

Why should the Yankees keep 100% of profits for all games shown in YES while the opposing team gets nothing??

again with the payroll excuse.   Haters unite and kiss my Yankee behind.

let haters hate..its what they do best.

i cant wait until philly gets a new york beat down on sunday. first at the linc and then at the bank.

Maybe the Eagles will get one but the Phils will not get abeatdown from anyone.

The yanks need to spend 345 million in the offseason to make the playoffs.No strategy ,no coaching,not scouting (and the yanks have a million scouts alot more than any other team)just cash.Grats yanks, anouther championship bought and paid for. 

no1likeme what he said on his post on #25 is very well said.

One question for the haters......ARE THE YANKEES CHEATING??????????????   simple enough question right??

the yankees have been the highest paid team the last 8 years & were has that got them (no rings)

they have spent there $ really bad in the past,this year was much better they got pitching & defence.

its blows my mine that GM cashman even has i job

if there was a salary cap in baseball the yankees would be about

500. team.

 

 

this has already been answered in one of my posts... along with a bunch of other issues surrounding how the Yankees are at fault for the out of control contracts and driving contracts higher than market value which has a ripple effect of average player receiving larger contract than they deserve

So you yankee fans do not understand teh dolars involved with the YES network and other media outlets in NYC? It is a clear advantage being in NYC. So what about the money, AROD wasn't going to go play for the Royals.

This is why Baseball is for old people and for those fans of those cities.

Baseball just sucks now a days.

how much did yankees get for YES? 200 million? I think that is a little more than 48 million. you think steinbrenner would spend all his money on players?

They will never acknowledge the built in demographic/geographic advantages the Yankees have over every single team. They will hold onto the sham of revenue sharing which does not incorportate profits of media outlets and such....

They don't care because they feel they are entitled to be in the playoffs every year because they are the Yankees.

They are playing within the rules but Selig is to blame, along with Yankee management, for the out of control spending and destruction to the game of baseball that once graced all areas of the nation instead of the 4 large markets.

This is why NFL is superior in popularity and profits and will continue to be because every fan base and team has a chance year in and out.

LETS GO PHILLIES