So if the Cubs sign Pujols, keep their payroll the same and their profit goes up, they haven't made money? They have. Despite Pujols. They could have made even more. So you can prove that the increase in profit was not due to Pujols and that he had no impact on the profit increase? How so? I showed the analysis earlier. A reasonable estimate for Pujols' impact on the Cubs' revenue is $10-15M. i already bought a cubs pujols jersey shirt so they just need $14,999,970