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Kingturtle
Can you imagine in today's baseball climate the best players (for example ARod and Teixeira) considering and choosing to play for the Marlins?
salary caps work
July 09, 2010 at 05:43PM View BBCode
Without any salary caps, LeBron (and his crew) would have focused his attention only on major markets. Because of salary caps, Miami was able to beat out the larger markets.Can you imagine in today's baseball climate the best players (for example ARod and Teixeira) considering and choosing to play for the Marlins?
FuriousGiorge
July 09, 2010 at 05:49PM View BBCode
Miami as some sort of poster child for the small market? You're kidding. Tell me you're kidding.
Admin
Without a salary cap, the Knicks might have offered LeBron $50M per year.
http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/07/07/great-debate-what-would-lebron-earn-on-open-market/
Tyson
July 09, 2010 at 05:52PM View BBCode
If the Marlins were run better, I could see that. There's a strong Hispanic presence in Miami, the climate is nice. I could see many Latino players wanting to play there.Without a salary cap, the Knicks might have offered LeBron $50M per year.
http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/07/07/great-debate-what-would-lebron-earn-on-open-market/
Tyson
tworoosters
I guess this doesn't bode well for the big market teams in Salt Lake City, Oklahoma City or Memphis then .
There is also the fact that the NBA salary cap is a freakin' joke anyway .
July 09, 2010 at 06:36PM View BBCode
So Miami is a small market now ??I guess this doesn't bode well for the big market teams in Salt Lake City, Oklahoma City or Memphis then .
There is also the fact that the NBA salary cap is a freakin' joke anyway .
tworoosters
July 09, 2010 at 06:37PM View BBCode
Florida also has the "no state income tax" benefit, besides the weather, the ocean and the women in South Beach .
happy
July 13, 2010 at 12:48PM View BBCode
if there were no max salary they wouldve gone to different teams because they wouldve been offered way more money.
khazim
the 1997 Marlins were bought and paid for.
July 13, 2010 at 04:09PM View BBCode
Originally posted by Kingturtle
Without any salary caps, LeBron (and his crew) would have focused his attention only on major markets. Because of salary caps, Miami was able to beat out the larger markets.
Can you imagine in today's baseball climate the best players (for example ARod and Teixeira) considering and choosing to play for the Marlins?
the 1997 Marlins were bought and paid for.
khazim
July 13, 2010 at 06:00PM View BBCode
Salary caps absolutely work in improving the quality of the product on the field.
khazim
care to elaborate, since I can throw up the NFL and even NCAA football (their "salary" are the scholarships) as prime examples of what a Salary cap can do to improve the overall quality of the game.
July 13, 2010 at 07:35PM View BBCode
Originally posted by happy
no
care to elaborate, since I can throw up the NFL and even NCAA football (their "salary" are the scholarships) as prime examples of what a Salary cap can do to improve the overall quality of the game.
FuriousGiorge
July 13, 2010 at 08:21PM View BBCode
Between points A and B is a gaping chasm several miles wide. Maybe you can bridge it but....I doubt it.
happy
July 13, 2010 at 08:23PM View BBCode
Boston and Baltimore are prime examples of what starting your city with the letter B can do to improve the overall population of your city.
FuriousGiorge
[quote]Salary caps absolutely work in improving the quality of the product on the field.
[/quote]
then the onus kind of falls to you to defend that statement. Nobody here has made the statement that you're asking people to prove.
July 13, 2010 at 08:52PM View formatted
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Um, I'm not sure you're clear on how this works. When you say
[quote]Salary caps absolutely work in improving the quality of the product on the field.
[/quote]
then the onus kind of falls to you to defend that statement. Nobody here has made the statement that you're asking people to prove.
tm4559
(salary caps of this sort benefit one group. the plantation owners.)
July 13, 2010 at 09:10PM View BBCode
i believe he must be obliquely referencing the fabled and crunchy and highly oversold "parity" that (arguably) exists in the good, old eN eFf of eL.(salary caps of this sort benefit one group. the plantation owners.)
khazim
you sure about that?
Now let'sbe honest, even if we were to all agree that a Salary cap is a good thing there is no way the player's union would ever agree to it, which does make this argument silly. Can we at least agree about that?
[Edited on 7-13-2010 by khazim]
July 13, 2010 at 09:25PM View BBCode
Originally posted by happy
no
you sure about that?
Now let'sbe honest, even if we were to all agree that a Salary cap is a good thing there is no way the player's union would ever agree to it, which does make this argument silly. Can we at least agree about that?
[Edited on 7-13-2010 by khazim]
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Tyson
[Edited on 7-13-2010 by Admin]
July 13, 2010 at 09:32PM View BBCode
sycophantman and others: There is some offtopic stuff sprinkled into this thread. Please keep it ontopic, or post in offtopic.Tyson
[Edited on 7-13-2010 by Admin]
Tyles
July 13, 2010 at 09:50PM View BBCode
Now that we have those awesome city boards, I thought sports talk was the new off-topic.
Admin
Tyles and FuriousGeorge, I've removed your posting privileges. If you'd like them restored, send an email to me at tysonlowery@simdynasty.com in a week and we can discuss it.
Tyson
July 13, 2010 at 09:57PM View BBCode
I'm not sure what else to say, my constant messages asking you guys not to do this seem to go ignored.Tyles and FuriousGeorge, I've removed your posting privileges. If you'd like them restored, send an email to me at tysonlowery@simdynasty.com in a week and we can discuss it.
Tyson