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Jaydawg^996
Re: Yankees Finished '05 Season With A Record $207.2 Million Payroll 
1/8/06, 12:59pm (<font size=1 color=white>Last Edited: 1/8/06, 1:00pm</font>)
     What about the NFL?  They also have the salary-cap rule and they manage just fine.  The Indianapolis Colts are the odds on favorite at this point to win the Super Bowl.  If the NFL had the same type of astronomical salaries as baseball, the Colts wouldn't stand a chance.  Under that scenario, the N.Y. Giants would be led by a Manning named Peyton, not Eli.                                                                 Something is obviously wrong in Major League Baseball when the number 2 team in salary (Red Sox) is $90 million behind the Yankees in payroll.  Not too long ago, small-market clubs like the Reds and Royals were able to compete with anybody in the leagues.  Then, salaries went out of control during the '90's and the game hasn't been the same since.  Sure, bad management is a factor, but it's difficult to compete with a team that has unlimited power to get the best players money can buy.  As Dr. Rub said, medium-market teams can compete sometimes, but teams like Kansas City and Tampa Bay don't stand a chance anymore under the current system.  By the way, the Oakland A's aren't exactly a small-market team.  The San Francisco Bay Area is a whole lot larger than Kansas City or Cincinnati.  Now that baseball has solved the steroid problem, it's time for Bud Selig and company to do something about the out of control salaries before teams like the Royals and D-Rays would be forced to move elsewhere.

[Jaydawg from Tarzana/CA]
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