6 1618 Guest4976 (IP: 67.81.156.61) drrubb^996 Re: Yankees Finished '05 Season With A Record $207.2 Million Payroll [Reply to #1654] 1/10/06, 6:50am Cutting the payrolls of teams like the Yankees, Red Sox, & Mets, I believe is the ultimate goal here really. That would atleast bring those teams down back towards the middle somewhat, although I'm sure they would definately be the upper middle just because of the market they are in. Fans of the New York Yankees are just spoiled & have been a very long time obviously because of all that money they have. Even if there was a salary cap, unfortunately the Yankees would still make money because of the YES Network, sales of Yankee merchandise,etc. People will buy Yankee merchandise for fashion statements even if they are not baseball fans. There are too many damn bandwagon Yankee fans out there as well, because the main stream media makes them very GQ & glamourous & sexy. Glamour & sex always sales. A lot of the problem is the media. If the media keeps stuffing the Yankees in people's ears, these naive people out there jump on their bandwagon. I still believe there needs to be a salary cap, because the Yankees monopolize baseball. The media promotes them & they just continue to feed the beast that is the NY Yankees. This is why I hate the Yankees so damn much. I hate the main stream media as well because they do not promote the rest of baseball & all of the other major league baseball teams near as much as they do the Yankees. The media has their nose too far up the Yankees ass. This is part of the gigantic problem that allows the Yankees to stay at the very top because they are constantly generating revenue because they are always in the news because the media makes them top priority. Again, this is just part of the problem! If the media would quit promoting the Yankees SO DAMN MUCH, & start promoting & talking about all of the other baseball teams more, maybe the other teams could rise in stature & quit being the black sheeps of major league baseball. The way it is now, it is the Yankees, maybe the Red Sox, & all of their farm league teams which is the rest of baseball. [drrubb from Panama City Beach/Florida] Replies: 3216