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Originally Posted by CBL-Commish
But that doesn't make it all right that the Yankees and other large market teams have been granted sole domain over massive population centers with incredible wealth.
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Welcome to the territorial monopoly league model used in North American sports.
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Originally Posted by CBL-Commish
If the Royals or the Orioles were 100% efficient and had owners who were 100% dedicated to fielding a winning team they still couldn't spend half as much as the Yankees.
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One may well ask why the Mets, with access to the same market area, isn't in the post-season every year.
The only thing the Yankees advantage has gained them is qualifying for the post-season fourteen of the last fifteen years. It has not, however, given them fourteen World Series titles. And at least in part of that success is attributable to the divisional structure and weighted schedules.
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Originally Posted by jbergey22
There are ways around taking the financial legs out from teams like the Yankees. Slotting, Foreigh Player drafts, etc would all be much more beneficial IMO.
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In regards to bonus slotting, why was it that in 2008 the club that was 29th in the league in revenue (Kansas City) was the same club that was 1st in the league in total bonus spending?