SFGiants58 Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 36 minutes ago, Lights Out said: I think the sport absolutely needs a salary floor so we don't have a bunch of "start-and-park" teams like the Marlins every year. But the big-market spending is becoming so out of control that unless there's also a hard salary cap, I don't see how it doesn't eventually end in disaster for the sport. Get prepared for another big work stoppage once the next CBA negotiations start. MLB: Project 32 (Complete), MLB: The Defunct Saga (Complete) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Teams paid a total of $210M in luxury tax this year, of which "The first $3.5 million of tax money is used to fund player benefits and 50% of the remainder will be used to fund player Individual Retirement Accounts. The other 50% of what's left goes to a supplemental commissioner's discretionary fund intended to be given to teams receiving revenue-sharing money that have grown their non-media local revenue over several years." And LOL Mets for paying $101M of it. One hundred one million. JFC. I don't understand the bolded part. It reads like it's an incentive for teams to work on boosting their revenue by rewarding them with more money for doing so. So it sounds like it's more free money for owners that aren't going to spend it, and an incentive to never spend it. Also, LOL at "funding IRAs". That's a lot of money for player IRAs (and since the tax is variable, how's that even work?) and while younger / fringe guys could use it, does Mike Trout really need some retirement fund? I hope every full-time team employee has a 401(k) or IRA with some kind of employer contribution before guys making 8 figures get one. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39173255/mets-hit-record-101m-luxury-tax-last-place-finish "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 I think it's interesting that MLB has copied the Bettman Bank where they can just give teams money for whatever reason. Hey, "Las Vegas Athletics," is this dumb move blowing up in your face? Here, I found $50 million in Dumb Mets Contract Penalties under the couch, that should tide you over till things straighten out. 1 ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 3 hours ago, the admiral said: I think it's interesting that MLB has copied the Bettman Bank where they can just give teams money for whatever reason. Hey, "Las Vegas Athletics," is this dumb move blowing up in your face? Here, I found $50 million in Dumb Mets Contract Penalties under the couch, that should tide you over till things straighten out. Given that these distributions are tied in at least some way to revenue, you'd think that the teams would have to review and agree to each other's accounting, otherwise someone who's not getting money could accuse another team of cooking their books so that it looks like they're poor, when the suspicion is that they're not. Or maybe MLB hires PWC or some other firm to audit each team's revenues and the teams agree to go with whatever they say? My point is, tons of people must see these numbers. Each team (presumably) gets to see each other's, plus there's the accountants and team lackies that review the findings, etc. How have these things not leaked? If the Pirates are legitimately poor, let's see the proof. My suspicion is that if the truth came out, the fans would rebel because they probably can compete - maybe not with the spending of the Dodgers, but at a much higher level than they are currently at. "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 9 minutes ago, BBTV said: My suspicion is that if the truth came out, the fans would rebel because they probably can compete - maybe not with the spending of the Dodgers, but at a much higher level than they are currently at. Didn't this happen once before, right down to irate fans, with the Marlins in like 2009-2010? ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digby Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Big Red Sox/Braves transaction today. Says a lot about the current state of the Red Sox that they'd rather light $17 million on fire and commit their medium-term future middle infield to be doomed to replacement level, over paying for one last year of mysterious Chris Sale injuries. Oh well, good riddance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gosioux76 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 I'm elated for Joe Mauer. I love seeing a homegrown prospect reach the Hall. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 4 hours ago, gosioux76 said: I'm elated for Joe Mauer. I love seeing a homegrown prospect reach the Hall. Turning down a football scholarship out of high school (I think it was Florida State) was the best thing to ever happen to him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TrueYankee26 Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 Former Blue Jays, Red Sox and Astros manager Jimy Williams passed away 1 trueyankee26.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynasty Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 I hope this ownership group is at least willing to spend a little more. We'll see. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 lol, you thought people were being annoying about Taylor Swift being a Pentagon psyop, try a team owned by the guy from THE CARLYLE GROUP ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCarp1231 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 10 hours ago, Dynasty said: I hope this ownership group is at least willing to spend a little more. We'll see. Cal Ripken Jr is supposedly part of the ownership as well. I hope this means MASN can finally get sold or better yet disappear from existence. I’ll never forgive that ass wagon Peter Angelos for publicly saying “it’s a privilege to watch the Orioles play” in the midst of their laughable multiple 100 loss seasons for the reason as to why they’d never put MASN on streaming services. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Cal Ripken is probalby a much of the ownership as Will Smith is for the 76ers. No way Ripken has the money to have any significant amount of shares, and could play a "face" role and be a handhaker, but has no actual say. There's "rich", and there's "wealthy". Other than Lebron and Jordan, I'm not sure there's any athletes that qualify as "wealthy". As Chris Rock said, "the guys that play the sports are rich. The guy that signs their checks is wealthy." "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tBBP Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 6 minutes ago, BBTV said: Cal Ripken is probalby a much of the ownership as Will Smith is for the 76ers. No way Ripken has the money to have any significant amount of shares, and could play a "face" role and be a handhaker, but has no actual say. There's "rich", and there's "wealthy". Other than Lebron and Jordan, I'm not sure there's any athletes that qualify as "wealthy". As Chris Rock said, "the guys that play the sports are rich. The guy that signs their checks is wealthy." I believe Magic Johnson is up there as well. I don't know what Patrick Mahomes' business acumen is, but Lord knows he's well prepped to get there someday. But other than that...yeah, your point stands. *Disclaimer: I am not an authoritative expert on stuff...I just do a lot of reading and research and keep in close connect with a bunch of people who are authoritative experts on stuff. || dribbble || Behance || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopard88 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 On 1/30/2024 at 8:23 PM, Dynasty said: I hope this ownership group is at least willing to spend a little more. We'll see. Question answered? Welcome to Baltimore, Corbin Burnes! Most Liked Content of the Day -- February 15, 2017, August 21, 2017, August 22, 2017 ///// Proud Winner of the CCSLC Post of the Day Award -- April 8, 2008 Originator of the Upside Down Sarcasm Smilie -- November 1, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 3 minutes ago, leopard88 said: Question answered? Welcome to Baltimore, Corbin Burnes! And the rest of the NL Central says, "Thank you!". Now the division is wide open... for any of the five 4th place teams to win it... because someone has to. 1 https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueYankee26 Posted February 5 Author Share Posted February 5 Bobby Witt Jr will remain a royal for a long time trueyankee26.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 10 minutes ago, TrueYankee26 said: Bobby Witt Jr will remain a royal for a long time So he's going to take Mike Trout's spot as "really good player on a really bad team with no chance of leaving for an actual contender" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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