@msargeant29@Bravesguy23 And what percent of their revenue isn’t subjected to being taxed? Compare that to the Yankees and Phillies and the Dodgers have a structural advantage.
@AndrewStoeten No matter how much Blue Jays want to spend, Dodgers can offer more to any target of theirs. Don’t believe me? Read this article about their bankruptcy. They get to keep $200 mil that Blue Jays wouldn’t. https://t.co/Q5ukCfl7Ti
@AdamWeinrib Nahhhh, I want baseball to fix the Dodgers competitive advantage. Except baseball needs the union to agree. No Yankees fan should be ok with this situation. https://t.co/Q5ukCfl7Ti
@rationalyankee@mak3333 lol! First, public opinion won’t play any role in the negotiations. Second, players demanding revenue from real estate would turn public even more. They’d be seen like every woman out there trying to get alimony and the house after a divorce.
@Traneofthought_ Except owners don’t get rich off Dodgers. The Dodgers 2012 bankruptcy agreement ensures that they only have 1/3 of their revenue subject to revenue sharing and the % is capped. Baseball needs to find a way to ensure Dodgers aren’t advantaged over other teams.
@MadisonMessiah Side note to all of this discussion: Dodgers have a financial benefit in that their 2012 bankruptcy ensured they don’t have to share all of the revenue that other teams do. It was capped at expected, not actual, tv revenue excluding over $200 mil/ year from revenue sharing.
@fitzonsportsbsr There won’t be parity without a cap for another 15 years because of Dodgers revenue sharing deal from their bankruptcy. MLB needs to penalize dodgers harder with draft losses or cap them. https://t.co/Q5ukCfl7Ti
@Wittman7 Yeah, they have a built in shield where they don’t have to revenue sharing on 2/3 of their local revenue and have to pay a lower percentage. Baseball has a dodgers problem in that the rules favor them. Until baseball fixes that, there can be a strike until forever for all I care
@Ltwelve13@GuardsAllDay@FranmilsEyebrow That’s an agreement between mlb and the dodgers. I believe they could renegotiate it. But, as is the case with a lot of things, Manfred gives carve outs for them.
@sports_god1@WalterMaselli1 It’s Scott Boras that’s most afraid. He represents a lot of those $400 mil guys. It’d hurt him most. There’s a reason his clients are on executive committee.
@BizballMaury NHL instituted a cap in 2005. Average salaries were 1.4 mil. They’re 3.5 mil now. Baseball was 2.63. It’s now 5.3 mil. NHL salaries went up higher %. Game grew after the cap. Small markets have won the Cup.
@TheDA53 Average NHL salary when they got the cap was $1.47 mil. Average nhl salary is 3.5 mil now. Average mlb salary in 2005 was 2.4 mil. Avg mlb salary now is 5.34 mil. I’d say a cap worked just fine for nhl players. Higher % gain than mlb players.
@rationalyankee I see a lot of Yankees fans crying about the owners proposal. I get it, you’ve had decades of a structural advantage. Maybe you should be less mad about other owners and more mad about your owner not sticking up for advantages he has over 28 other teams.
@DNVRSaez Nahhh, they don’t want to have to have to Cleveland, Milwaukee or Detroit in late October or early November. Airports are small,too many connections to get there, and the weather is iffy at best. A lot of the national writers are based out of NY and LA. That is being exposed.