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Originally Posted by Goody
So maybe there should be a minimum salary "cap". If a team can't afford to pay it...sell the team.
ANYTHING, to fix this shuffling of star players off to already loaded teams.
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Wow, you're actually starting to come around to other people's viewpoints. That's unusual for an internet discussion.
Anyway, I do see your problem with the current MLB system. I think you're trying to address it in the wrong way. I really don't think the problem is the Yankees; it's all the small market teams who have decided it's not worth it to try to field competitive teams. I think there are systemic things that can be done with baseball's financial system to address that which will have a more positive overall effect than simply taking money away from the Yankees (which is basically what MLB has been doing for the last decade) will. Small market teams need to have some sort of incentive to actually give money to their players, or they'll just keep letting them walk -- if not to the Yankees (surprisingly few players have left small market teams to sign with the Yankees) then to the other medium to large market teams.