Let’s face facts… they are WAY overpaid. PERIOD! There needs to be caps. Owners take advantage from parking to food to tickets to everything. Maybe the players should be required to give 30% of their salary to charity, feeding kids or medical research. Facts are facts. It’s gotta stop.
I get what you're saying Jeff, and if there is a cap, that would be amazing. But, the real problem here is that teams aren't competitive. These owners are all make billions of dollars, and owners like John Fisher don't even want to spend 10% of that. If the MLB makes sure that each team spends at least 100 million dollars, won't it makes all teams competitive. Won't it make the MLB more competitive in all?
Now, yes, the Juan Soto contract is a huge overpay. Yes, he can hit the ball really well, but 765 million dollars for literally JUST THAT. Ohtani is a different story. He's not only hitting, but pitching, making 35 million each side. That's "acceptable".
The point is, all owners can afford to spend money like the Dodgers or the Yankees are. Yes, it would make things SO MUCH BETTER if they can donate 30% to charity, but these are pro athletes. We can't commend them to do anything. I like your thoughts though.
The only problem I have with a cap is the same teams can still pay off the money they need for going over the cap. It would also make things less competitive because some teams' owners won't want to pay the fine, so they try to stay under the cap as much as possible, leading to repeat winners.
Let’s face facts… they are WAY overpaid. PERIOD! There needs to be caps. Owners take advantage from parking to food to tickets to everything. Maybe the players should be required to give 30% of their salary to charity, feeding kids or medical research. Facts are facts. It’s gotta stop.
I get what you're saying Jeff, and if there is a cap, that would be amazing. But, the real problem here is that teams aren't competitive. These owners are all make billions of dollars, and owners like John Fisher don't even want to spend 10% of that. If the MLB makes sure that each team spends at least 100 million dollars, won't it makes all teams competitive. Won't it make the MLB more competitive in all?
Now, yes, the Juan Soto contract is a huge overpay. Yes, he can hit the ball really well, but 765 million dollars for literally JUST THAT. Ohtani is a different story. He's not only hitting, but pitching, making 35 million each side. That's "acceptable".
The point is, all owners can afford to spend money like the Dodgers or the Yankees are. Yes, it would make things SO MUCH BETTER if they can donate 30% to charity, but these are pro athletes. We can't commend them to do anything. I like your thoughts though.
The only problem I have with a cap is the same teams can still pay off the money they need for going over the cap. It would also make things less competitive because some teams' owners won't want to pay the fine, so they try to stay under the cap as much as possible, leading to repeat winners.