I don't think it will ever, ever change. I think if you are steve cohen you are more concerned out not being punished with salary limitations and so, sure, who cares about giving an extra first?
But the sox are really the fulcrum of where it sucks a lot for us, the fans. Jerry doesn't give a shit about it, but we are just the side of that ledger where our "superior" payroll doesn't really give us much edge compared to the rest of our division sucking up more cheap talent inputs.