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Baseball is a fuggin joke

Discussion in 'MLB - Baseball Forum' started by Shocker, Feb 17, 2004.

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  1. Feb 18, 2004 at 4:31 PM #21
    Shocker

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    I though maybe the A-rod part of the first post might tipped you off.

    And No, A-rod and that little buddy in your pocket your always play'n with.

    Fucking moron.
     
  2. Feb 18, 2004 at 4:39 PM #22
    Reznor

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    Yeah, that's fucked up, that they pay almost as much TAX as an NFL team pays for the entire team salary. How much is the total yankees salary? $150 million or more?
     
  3. Feb 18, 2004 at 4:43 PM #23
    two-six

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    yep
     
  4. Feb 18, 2004 at 5:04 PM #24
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    Correct me if I am wrong, but I heard their number was 200mil this year. Man thats disgusting.

    Oh and Two-Six, now that you know this thread is about MLB and not baseball as a sport, don't you have a highway to go play in the middle of?
     
  5. Feb 18, 2004 at 5:12 PM #25
    CFBall

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    :applause:..........
     
  6. Feb 18, 2004 at 7:09 PM #26
    Chief Tony

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    More like $200 million!
     
  7. Feb 18, 2004 at 8:01 PM #27
    law1ng2b2

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    i am not defending steinbrenner here...but let's at least be accurate. the yankees' payroll was a little over $65 million over the tax threshold. The tax last year was 17.5% of the payroll over $117 million. this resulted in a tax of a little less than $12 million.

    even still, revenues from ticket sales, TV, and Radio mean that the yankees still were able to make money despite a payroll of about $185 million.
     
  8. Feb 18, 2004 at 8:09 PM #28
    PantherPaul

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    Nope the Yankees salary is now around 185. The Yankees are playing within the rules of the game. Change the rules, change the game
     
  9. Feb 18, 2004 at 10:29 PM #29
    sds70

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    What needs to happen is since the Yankees make tons of money on their local radio/TV deals, they should get a smaller share of the national TV deal . . . I'm sure MLB could total up how much media revenue each TV generates, comes up with an average, and then come up with a scale where the Yankees (YES Network), Red Sox (NESN), Cubs (WGN), & Braves (TBS) who get more than average revenue from their media deals (since they own/are owned by the networks their TV games are shown on, they should get a smaller share of the national TV pie. Teams like Montreal, KC, Tampa Bay which get less local revenue would get a bigger piece of the national pie . . . . Maybe Commish Bud will figure this out some day :rolleyes: :rolleyes: . . Also, salary arbitration needs to be eliminated, but I know the players would never give that up . .
     
  10. Feb 18, 2004 at 10:47 PM #30
    Village Idiot

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    Well said. It makes no difference to me if the Yankees win it all or fall flat on their faces. This is just wrong.
     
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