Guest Choken One Report post Posted October 17, 2003 I don't care if they're fucking Bradford, PA. They're still not a small market in any sport. It's no coincidence that the Rams and the Cardinals are both top 10 in payroll in their respective sports. Once again...They have owners that give a shit about winning...who are willing to spend. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Tyler; Captain America 0 Report post Posted October 17, 2003 They're also not in the red. What businessman is going to spend more money on a franchise that is losing him 30 million dollars a year? Name me one so I can ask him for a 0% interest loan of about 2 million bucks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted October 17, 2003 Even then though they have the money to go out and buy what they need (Buying Arron Boone, Felix Heredia, and Gabe White from the Reds0 Felix Heredia came off waivers. ANY other team that wanted him would have a choice before the Yankees. Did they purchase him or not though? Perhaps other teams couldn't afford him and didn't want to get hit with his contract (which I believe is about $2mill) if nobody else claimed him. Boone's contract is about 2 million dollars...Pittsburgh could have him but they spend 6 millon on Derek fn lee... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted October 17, 2003 I don't care if they're fucking Bradford, PA. They're still not a small market in any sport. It's no coincidence that the Rams and the Cardinals are both top 10 in payroll in their respective sports. Once again...They have owners that give a shit about winning...who are willing to spend. Being a Cincy native, you should know a thing or two about owners spending to win, huh?... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted October 17, 2003 before people point to Florida and Oakland as succesful small teams, where are Pudge and Tejada playing next year? Two words for Tejada. Bobby Crosby. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted October 17, 2003 They're also not in the red. because they make a profit from fans who go to the games because they are given a winner... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest FrigidSoul Report post Posted October 17, 2003 Could baseball use some form of revenue sharing to make some cellar dwellers "more competitive"? Probably. But who is to guarantee that these MLB welfare queens would do anything with the money besides pocket it? Well that's the thing, there is going to be revenue sharing now (teams hit with the luxury tax don't get it though). Only problem is there's no set amount an owner has to pay to field a team...so the cheapos can pocket it all if they want. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted October 17, 2003 I don't care if they're fucking Bradford, PA. They're still not a small market in any sport. It's no coincidence that the Rams and the Cardinals are both top 10 in payroll in their respective sports. Once again...They have owners that give a shit about winning...who are willing to spend. Being a Cincy native, you should know a thing or two about owners spending to win, huh?... Of Course...Remember Marge? She spent and we won...Carl? He likes to hold his fat wallet close...and we nearly jobbed to the pirates. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted October 17, 2003 What businessman is going to spend more money on a franchise that is losing him 30 million dollars a year? Name me one so I can ask him for a 0% interest loan of about 2 million bucks. I ask again. Where does it say teams are losing money? MLB's figures aren't worth the paper they're written on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Tyler; Captain America 0 Report post Posted October 17, 2003 Pittsburgh had fans packing their stadium for the first year or so (until they realized the team blew) and they were still in the red. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the pinjockey 0 Report post Posted October 17, 2003 They're also not in the red. What businessman is going to spend more money on a franchise that is losing him 30 million dollars a year? Name me one so I can ask him for a 0% interest loan of about 2 million bucks. And show me a businessman who can't make it look like they are losing money, when looking for help, and I will show you a businessman who will not be in business much longer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Tyler; Captain America 0 Report post Posted October 17, 2003 What businessman is going to spend more money on a franchise that is losing him 30 million dollars a year? Name me one so I can ask him for a 0% interest loan of about 2 million bucks. I ask again. Where does it say teams are losing money? MLB's figures aren't worth the paper they're written on. I'm using the Pirates because I'm most familiar with their situation. So, show me a report for the past three years that the Pittsburgh Pirates have been making money. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest FrigidSoul Report post Posted October 17, 2003 Even then though they have the money to go out and buy what they need (Buying Arron Boone, Felix Heredia, and Gabe White from the Reds0 Felix Heredia came off waivers. ANY other team that wanted him would have a choice before the Yankees. Did they purchase him or not though? Perhaps other teams couldn't afford him and didn't want to get hit with his contract (which I believe is about $2mill) if nobody else claimed him. Boone's contract is about 2 million dollars...Pittsburgh could have him but they spend 6 millon on Derek fn lee... Boone is going to make about $7-8 via arbitration though(as he's still arby eligible...Yanks can't lose him via FA) and the Pirates wouldn't have been able to afford that...nor the $2mill it cost to buy him Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted October 17, 2003 Pittsburgh had fans packing their stadium for the first year or so (until they realized the team blew) and they were still in the red. and exactly how much were THEY spending for the team? About zero. It's easy to make profit when you aren't spending... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Tyler; Captain America 0 Report post Posted October 17, 2003 .... "Red" doesn't mean profit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted October 17, 2003 Even then though they have the money to go out and buy what they need (Buying Arron Boone, Felix Heredia, and Gabe White from the Reds0 Felix Heredia came off waivers. ANY other team that wanted him would have a choice before the Yankees. Did they purchase him or not though? Perhaps other teams couldn't afford him and didn't want to get hit with his contract (which I believe is about $2mill) if nobody else claimed him. Boone's contract is about 2 million dollars...Pittsburgh could have him but they spend 6 millon on Derek fn lee... Boone is going to make about $7-8 via arbitration though(as he's still arby eligible...Yanks can't lose him via FA) and the Pirates wouldn't have been able to afford that...nor the $2mill it cost to buy him I knew that...I was just saying it wasn't like george brought a 50 millon dollar player. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bored 0 Report post Posted October 17, 2003 From what I've read and heard however the Giants have most of the rights to exclusively air their games in many of the Oakland area communities thus canceling out some revenue that Oakland could be getting. Along with the fact that the Colliseum is built near an industrial park from what I was told thus making it more and more uninviting every year now Damn I knew I shouldn't have posted because now I'll be in this topic all night. Anyways the neighborhood the Coliseum is in is just as bad as it was 30 years ago so I don't think that has anything to do with it and most people access the Coliseum by freeway so you there is no need to go through any bad part of Oakland to get to the game. The A's attendance has been up the last five years anyways so fans are showing up. The advantage that the Giants have on the A's is, forgetting Pac Bell/now SBC Park as the A's outdrew the Giants over the years while they played in Candlestick, is that the have a lot more exposure through the media due to the fact that the #1 newspaper in the Bay Area the San Francisco Chronicle owns part of the team, as does local channel KTVU (Fox Affiliate), and the sports talk radio station in the Bay Area KNBR also owns part of the team. The Giants ownership has made no secret that they want the A's out of Oakland and the Bay Area all together. That's the advantage the Yankees have over other teams is their t.v. and radio revenue is so much larger than any other team in baseball and that's why they can spend so much. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted October 17, 2003 .... "Red" doesn't mean profit. grammer error...It should say "Its not" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted October 17, 2003 http://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/200...403pappas.shtml One of Doug Pappas' excellent aricles on baseball finances. Scroll down to where he references Forbes Magazines list of operating profits, where they show that the Pittsburgh Pirates have *gasp* shown a profit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest FrigidSoul Report post Posted October 17, 2003 What businessman is going to spend more money on a franchise that is losing him 30 million dollars a year? Name me one so I can ask him for a 0% interest loan of about 2 million bucks. I ask again. Where does it say teams are losing money? MLB's figures aren't worth the paper they're written on. The Devil Rays are losing money and their financial charts(shown before the new collective bargaining agreement on CNN) showed they would be bankrupt and done by 06 if there wasn't revenue sharing Of course spending all that money on Boggs, Canseco, McGriff(notice he hasn't updated the commercial for defensive drills from when he was a Padre?), Juan Guzman, etc didn't help their cause...but you just wanted to know a team not making money Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Smell the ratings!!! Report post Posted October 17, 2003 before people point to Florida and Oakland as succesful small teams, where are Pudge and Tejada playing next year? Two words for Tejada. Bobby Crosby. or put it this way: where is Giambi playing now? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bored 0 Report post Posted October 17, 2003 before people point to Florida and Oakland as succesful small teams, where are Pudge and Tejada playing next year? Two words for Tejada. Bobby Crosby. Eh Crosby could be hit or miss. The problem is they have no one to replace Chavez after next year and then it will be hard to keep cranking guys out like Harden to repalce the Big Three. But that all being said its because their owner Steve Schott is unwilling to spend the money not because of where the A's play. The A's make money every year which is a fine way to make a regular business but your gonna own a professional sports franchise you have to expect to lose some money to keep your team competitive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Tyler; Captain America 0 Report post Posted October 17, 2003 Let's see 2002, and then 2003 (where the team themselves are claiming a 30 million dollar deficit, not the league). IIRC, the team got their stadium in 2001, which would explain the original profit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest FrigidSoul Report post Posted October 17, 2003 That's the advantage the Yankees have over other teams is their t.v. and radio revenue is so much larger than any other team in baseball and that's why they can spend so much. And before anybody brings up the Mets keep in mind that the last cencus I saw showed that NYC alone has 9million people living there Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bored 0 Report post Posted October 17, 2003 before people point to Florida and Oakland as succesful small teams, where are Pudge and Tejada playing next year? Two words for Tejada. Bobby Crosby. or put it this way: where is Giambi playing now? In all seriousness and its all hindsight too is that Giambi wasn't worth the money he signed for. $18 million a year is too much for a guy who will likely spend most of the rest of his career as a DH. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted October 17, 2003 That's the advantage the Yankees have over other teams is their t.v. and radio revenue is so much larger than any other team in baseball and that's why they can spend so much. And before anybody brings up the Mets keep in mind that the last cencus I saw showed that NYC alone has 9million people living there and you can cut that in half for fans... LA has nearly four million and they spend like crazy and they dont win either. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted October 17, 2003 That still doesn't explain the other 12 instances where MLB lied. The problem is, its easy to mask profits. For example, lets say the Chicago Tribune, who owns the Cubs, also operate a parking lot near the stadium. They charge for parking on game days. This is clearly a team related profit, yet they might report it as a separate figure, thus keeping it off the Cubs' books. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted October 17, 2003 before people point to Florida and Oakland as succesful small teams, where are Pudge and Tejada playing next year? Two words for Tejada. Bobby Crosby. or put it this way: where is Giambi playing now? In all seriousness and its all hindsight too is that Giambi wasn't worth the money he signed for. $18 million a year is too much for a guy who will likely spend most of the rest of his career as a DH. those two homers were worth it tonight wasn't it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest FrigidSoul Report post Posted October 17, 2003 or put it this way: where is Giambi playing now? Exactly. He can say he was insulted with them not wanting to place the No-Trade clause in there but I'm guessing the extra $7mill a year the Yankees were offering had more to do with him leaving Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Tyler; Captain America 0 Report post Posted October 17, 2003 30 million dollars is a lot to hide. For an MLB team, that's almost Enron territory. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
