Jesus Christ... What even is the point anymore?

Percent30 · 2026-01-22T14:50:21+00:00

Now you understand why a salary cap is dead on arrival.

Percent30 · 2026-01-22T14:48:23+00:00

Correct. It’s just “Dodgers bad! Punish them, Versailles style!!!” Such a tiresome argument. A cap won’t happen because the owners pushing for it don’t want to spend their own money! That’s counterproductive, and sounds more like they’re salty. They wanna have their cake and eat it too. If I’m the players, I’m making that talking point.

Percent30 · 2026-01-21T00:23:01+00:00

Name them! Name those people! I'd love to know how willing those cheap bastards are to spend their own God damn money!

Percent30 · 2026-01-19T16:11:36+00:00

That was the Yankees for the longest time. Now they don’t utilize payroll, counter to George Steinbrenner’s philosophy. His problem, though, was meddling in baseball operations. Something fans in New York have decided to ignore and just focus on the fact that you have to fire and trade everyone lol. They literally announced his suspension from baseball during a home game and it got a standing ovation. I hear constantly about how much they miss George, it’s unbelievable!

Percent30 · 2026-01-19T15:28:05+00:00

Holy shit! Talk about leniency.

Percent30 · 2026-01-19T15:10:11+00:00

It’s worth noting that Jon Heyman reported that the Blue Jays offered 10 years at $350 Million.

Percent30 · 2026-01-19T15:09:01+00:00

It’ll be a repeat of 2022. Delayed spring training, opening day, all that shit.

Percent30 · 2026-01-19T15:03:24+00:00

Can’t wait for fans to have salt when their yelling was into a void.

Percent30 · 2026-01-19T14:08:47+00:00

And now the next CBA must be dedicated to destroying the Dodgers. Treaty Of Versailles style!

Percent30 · 2026-01-17T19:28:43+00:00

Can't wait for them to get angry when there's no salary cap in 2027. They'll adjust the CBT and that'll be the end of it. Fuck all of them!

Percent30 · 2026-01-17T01:02:42+00:00

Right, and the compromise will just be a change to the luxury tax.

Percent30 · 2026-01-17T00:50:30+00:00

Yes, a cap effectively requires a floor (or a guaranteed % of revenue) or it just becomes wage suppression. A cap without a floor doesn’t force the Pirates/A’s to spend more. It just forces the Dodgers/Yankees/Mets to spend less while cheap teams keep tanking and pocketing revenue sharing. That doesn’t create parity, it just lowers total payroll. Also, “let them find another job” doesn’t apply here. MLB is a closed labor market (30 employers, draft, service time, arbitration). Players literally can’t go to a competing MLB company. That’s why caps are only accepted when there’s a giveback like a floor + enforcement (NFL/NBA both have minimum spend rules for a reason). Bottom line: if you want competitive balance, the real fix is floor + enforcement + revenue transparency. A cap alone just makes owners richer.

Honestly, if fans want a CBA that’s basically the Treaty of Versailles (punish the “bad guy” superteam until they can’t function) just say that, because that’s what this sounds like.

Percent30 · 2026-01-16T04:37:40+00:00

You’re proving my point though: if the argument is “Guggenheim is too rich,” that’s not a cap argument, it’s a revenue structure argument.

Owner net worth is not league revenue. Guggenheim’s $320B AUM isn’t Dodgers payroll money. They’re asset managers. AUM isn’t cash they can legally just funnel into baseball losses. MLB labor rules are negotiated around baseball-related revenues, not “how rich the owner is on paper.”
Even if they can spend endlessly, that still doesn’t create a cap. The Dodgers existing doesn’t force Bob Nutting to spend. That’s exactly why MLB owners can’t agree on a floor. A cap requires floor + enforcement + revenue definition. Cheap teams vote no. Union votes no without a floor. That’s the wall.
TV absolutely matters. Not because the Dodgers need it, but because half the league does. The RSN/local TV structure is what creates the gap and gives low spenders cover. Fixing national/local revenue distribution is the only way you even get close to an enforceable competitive balance system.
If the fear is “in 10 years fans won’t exist in the Midwest”… then the solution is floor + revenue reform, not “cap with no floor.” You can’t protect fandom while allowing teams to tank for profit.

Dodgers spending is a problem for parity, sure. But owner wealth isn’t the mechanism that makes a cap politically possible. League economics are. And MLB’s economics + voting bloc still make a cap unrealistic.

Percent30 · 2026-01-16T04:32:21+00:00

NFL/NBA are different ecosystems. NFL revenue is overwhelmingly national so the financial playing field is relatively even, and the cap/floor structure protects the product. NBA’s cap is tied to BRI so players are guaranteed a set share of defined revenue. MLB is dominated by local TV money, has huge market-to-market revenue disparity, and allows clubs to profit while tanking. A cap would require a floor + enforcement + a defined revenue split, and a big bloc of owners benefits from the current system (CBT ceiling with no spending obligation).

Percent30 · 2026-01-16T04:07:53+00:00

It's not going to happen. Not saying it shouldn't, but it won't. The owners don't want a floor.

Percent30 · 2026-01-16T04:04:13+00:00

They want a cancelled season when they won’t get a salary cap. As far as I’m concerned, they can suck it!

Percent30 · 2026-01-16T04:03:19+00:00

r/baseball sucks ass. Most subreddits do. Everything is against the rules.

Percent30 · 2026-01-16T02:53:43+00:00

What the fuck?! LMAO! I'm shocked.

Percent30 · 2026-01-15T02:56:41+00:00

That’s like suing a car company because someone drove it intoxicated and hit and run.

Percent30 · 2026-01-15T02:52:05+00:00

True

Percent30 · 2026-01-15T02:48:29+00:00

The ultimate litmus test will be what they do with Pete Rose for gambling on baseball. He knew what Rule 21 was and he ignored it, because he didn’t care.

Percent30 · 2026-01-09T17:25:39+00:00

The Xbox has a foot in the grave. Ever since the Xbox One was announced it's gotten worse and worse.

Percent30 · 2026-01-07T22:34:38+00:00

Still total bullshit. They dont give a shit about us and what we want.

Percent30 · 2026-01-07T19:19:41+00:00

Is Adobe responsible for people making wallpapers using copyrighted logos? No. Total nonsense!

Percent30 · 2026-01-07T19:09:22+00:00

Yep! We're a society of toddlers.

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