December 27, 200223 yr the owners had their chance and blew it..they should have forced a strike and held out for a hard salary cap and a 50% share in tv and merchandising revenue instead of the 22% it is at right now...because the owners didnt have the balls to take on the union it will be business as usual for atleast the next 4 years you want change??...it wont come until we get a hard salary cap...something about a baseball team that drives good business men to make moronic financial decisions that ruin it for everyone If the owners had forced a strike, Major League Baseball, as we know it today, would no longer exist. The fans told both sides, if baseball stops... we walk. They got the message.
December 27, 200223 yr From the ESPN website: "Now that baseball owners are operating in the times of a luxury tax, Lucchino called the Yankees' acquisition of Contreras ludicrous. According to a report in Wednesday's New York Times, the Yankees' payroll now stands at $158 million -- well above the $117 million tax threshold. The Yankees current tax on their $158 million payroll would be $7.2 million (The tax rate on the first time over the threshold is 17.5 percent)." There's reality for you... if anyone thinks $7.2 Million is going to stand between King George and a championship... think again.
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