Post a commentMLB needs a salary cap. If the Yankees buy Holliday, that's just another example of them buying a World Series championship because there is not a level playing field. Something has to be done about this.
As a Phillie fan I'm not a yankee fan nor hater (although very upset they lost the series to them). Unfortunately they are playing within the rules. They take in the revenues and re-invest some of it on their players. Unfortunately the revenues the Yankees take in is far greater (possibly double) than their closest competition. The new stadium has caused their revenues to skyrocket this season. Until everyone agrees---the owners, players, agents and MLB---this will be what the landscape is. No one in MLB wants the Yankees to spend less---the more they spend the more money players get, the more money agents get, and the more money other owners receive from revenue sharing and luxury tax (although the Yankees are exempt from a large portion of their revenue sharing percentage due to financing the new stadium). It's just like any other corporate business...the rich get richer!!
The Phil's payroll was $130 mln this year v. the Florida Marlins at $42 mln. Florida was outspent 3 to 1 by the Phils and finished only 6 games back. I'm not hearing a lot of Phillies fans talking about how the Phils bought the National League East and how it was so unfair. You have a few great players and a lot of big holes, thus you lost. Deal with it.
Any you forgot to mention the FOX network. Replacing Tampa with NY in the series generated a tremendous hike in viewership. Don't this they are rooting for any "small market" teams to be there in the future.
matsui09 is a moron. Get over yourself, your team won but you still come here to this site. Get out of your moms basement and have some fun. Loser.
Phillies 2008 payroll: $98,269,880. Devil Rays 2008 payroll: $43,820,597. I guess the Phillies bought themselves a championship last year by more than doubling Tampa's small market payroll. Don't complain about money spent until you educate yourselves a little. Oh wait I forgot most people in Philly don't make it past the third grade.
I'm not a moron, I'm Matsui, the guy that whooped your a**. I'm having a lot of fun. Heheheheheheh.
Stick it in your mimi Matsui. The Phillies resigned their guys to big contracts after they WON the WS in 2008.
Money doesn't buy World Series rings. There is no arguement there. However, I do believe that having a larger payroll gives you a better shot at making the play offs. I don't think the money part of the game should be a big factor in arguing which teams are better and which teams can win a World Series. One thing that I believe is unfair is the gap between the teams. Now I know that the bottom 5 teams in terms of payroll are no where near the top 5 teams in payroll. But this is going to happen. Face the facts that some markets are better for baseball than other markets. It doesn't mean that the small market teams can't win, it just means they must approach things differently (ie. scouting, building talent etc) However, what I do believe is a slight unfair advantage is when the top team in payroll (Yankees) is about $65 million dollars more than the 2nd team in payroll. This just seems like way to much of a gap between #1 and then #2, #3, #4 and #5. What I think should be done is their should be a limit? You can spend up to $180 million. Anything over that and you have to start shedding salary. This is plenty of money to allow teams the ability to still pursue FA's but it limits the gap between the top 5 - 10 teams. This will make for better baseball.
Eagle Believer is right. I am a Yankee fan and I am glad they spend some of that huge revenue on players. If the owners pocketed all of that revenue, they should be thrown in jail. They are playing within the system that is in place and the owners have created a very successful franchise. But yes, it is unfair. To think otherwise is foolish. Baseball is messed up.
EagleBeliever is right about the fact that spending doesn't guarantee a championship. It puts the odds in favor of the team that puts out the money, but the players have to perform. That being said, MLB needs to consider removing teams generating little to no $$. That will improve the player base. Either that or a salary minimum requirement!
It's time for Matsui09's meds, later recreation, group therapy, and TV tiem in the day room.
I don`t like teams buying championships either but with a salary cap,the Phils might not be able to keep,Utley AND Howard AND Hamels AND Lee AND Rollins AND Werth AND Victorino AND Ibanez. Careful what you wish for.
people get over it! the yankees won fair and square. im a phillies fan and everything the yankees did was legal. a salary cap would be a terrible idea. look at what the salary cap did to the flyers. they cant afford to add players when they need them. if mlb baseball had a salary cap it would be only $100-120 million so the phillies would already be over the cap.
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