tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1530558882644641875.post2672621608815299109..comments2023-04-11T05:06:17.539-04:00Comments on The South Florida Fan Blog: Public Service Announcement for a Public ServantASpongehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13039959831914151733noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1530558882644641875.post-9790070401754587872008-06-10T18:17:00.000-04:002008-06-10T18:17:00.000-04:00Arrrggggggggg!Arrrggggggggg!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1530558882644641875.post-13957277714681449352008-06-10T17:52:00.000-04:002008-06-10T17:52:00.000-04:00This adds to the wisdom of mandating not a salary ...This adds to the wisdom of mandating not a salary <I>cap</I>, but a salary <I>base</I>. There really needs to be a limit on how small a team's payroll can be, particularly, as pointed out above, when high-spending teams are penalized by revenue sharing.<BR/><BR/>If that drives owners like the marlins' pack of apathetic pirates out of MLB, it's win-win.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1530558882644641875.post-51575865472007526482008-06-10T14:16:00.000-04:002008-06-10T14:16:00.000-04:00The Marlins have a strong incentive to keep trying...The Marlins have a strong incentive to keep trying to hide their profits, especially when those profits are driven by Revenue Sharing monies - monies which are intended to help low revenue teams compete. <BR/><BR/>What's not obvious is why the Player's Union & MLB Payer teams [Yankees, Dodgers, etc.] don't object more publicly to teams who just pocket their monies.<BR/><BR/>In the case of John Henry [Red Sox], maybe it's a way for him to keep his promise of financing a stadium for the Marlins.Jorge Costaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00446489264985375034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1530558882644641875.post-89734050493356191802008-06-10T13:59:00.000-04:002008-06-10T13:59:00.000-04:00And it's amazing too how baseball teams are famous...And it's amazing too how baseball teams are famous for "hiding profits."ASpongehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13039959831914151733noreply@blogger.com