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That sounds alarmingly small. That's about $9,000 a year, or 2.25% of the minimum salary. That seems right. However, average salary is much more than the minimum. So the total dues collected is much less than 2.25% of the average salary. Right, but that doesn't mean that you punish the large number of players making at or near the minimum by making them pay 5-10% of their salary just so it's not an inconsequential amount to the smaller percentage of higher salaried players. I was more thinking that dues should be a percentage of your salary. Players that make more should pay more dues. Same as it is with taxes.
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The absolute STUPIDEST "overtime" in sports. Any team who wins a game on PK's should be ashamed of their win. Got a realistic solution that works for every competition? And no, replaying the match isn't a realistic solution in the World Cup. Also, they only replay the match once in the English League Cups now before going to extra time and penalties. The only thing I can think of is play 9v9 or something like that. If there are no realistic solutions, then the game is flawed.
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The absolute STUPIDEST "overtime" in sports. Any team who wins a game on PK's should be ashamed of their win.
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It's too bad none of the Americans stayed in South Africa to bail out England when they started losing to Germany.
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That sounds alarmingly small. That's about $9,000 a year, or 2.25% of the minimum salary. That seems right. However, average salary is much more than the minimum. So the total dues collected is much less than 2.25% of the average salary.
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Name one freaking team that does all that and can't compete because the big boys are stealing their players. Do it, now. There isn't one. The only teams that aren't competitive are run by morons. Plenty of small market teams compete, and they compete with regularity. Baseball is a sport where players are paid relatively little while they are at their best, and overpaid significantly as they regress. It's in most teams best interest to let the big boys overspend on the older stars. The fact is this is how major league baseball is set-up, so if you are a fan of a team, and you want to see them win, you should hope they play the game to the best of their ability. I didn't take any less enjoyment out of the Stanley Cup win because the Blackhawks did it with a roster they could not keep together due to salary cap rules. I would not for a second regret a world series title won by a roster that had to be overpaid to achieve it. Brewers? They've already lost Sabathia, and will most likely lose Fielder as well. I guess small market teams are able to keep one or two of their players, but not all of them. And yes, I agree that any team that is run well can be competitive based on free agency rules. But can you envision the Brewers making the postseason every year? No.
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Keep in mind that a salary cap is going to negatively impact the Chicago Cubs. They lose despite a competitive advantage they possess. With all the stupid big money contracts the Cubs have given out (Fukudome, Z, Grabow, Soriano in a few years), it might actually be a positive thing for the Cubs.
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We're talking about sports here.
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I'll bite. What "should" it be about? And how does Steinbrenner sell that out? It's a professional sport...it's about winning. (After making a buck that is...) Indeed. Do tell, chuck. In short, competitive balance. When you have a team spending over 4x on player's salaries as another team, how is that fair? You see it all the time in sports when the big guys bully the little guys. You see it in European soccer. You see it in racing. You see it in the BCS. This is no different. How is it fair for a franchise to have top notch management, do things the right way, develop the right players, but still can't compete at all because the big spenders will snatch up all your players the minute they become free agents?
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What Steinbrenner does is disgusting. It is downright un-American. I will not accept a World Series done the "Steinbrenner way". Yes you would. I'd accept it. There are many things I would deal with to win a WS title, at this point. Many. So basically you two would sell out everything baseball should be about in order to win a World Series. Good to know.
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The pbp and color guys for this tournament are light-years better than almost any baseball pbp and color guys British announcers in general are so much better than American announcers. If you listen to the comments, to the painterly turns of a phrase, to every subtle word they use that describe the essence and impact of the moment, you become more and more amazed each day by the British announcers.
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That sounds alarmingly small.
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What Steinbrenner does is disgusting. It is downright un-American. I will not accept a World Series done the "Steinbrenner way". I would accept it with open arms. Unfortunately, there can only be one team that does it the Steinbrenner way, by definition, since that way is to spend a crap ton more than every single other team. Technically, you could have one in both the AL and NL. no you couldn't. teams from both leagues fight for the same players (except DH-only types). So? A NL team could still spend a crap-ton more than every other NL team. There's more than one good player at each position.
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What Steinbrenner does is disgusting. It is downright un-American. I will not accept a World Series done the "Steinbrenner way". I would accept it with open arms. Unfortunately, there can only be one team that does it the Steinbrenner way, by definition, since that way is to spend a crap ton more than every single other team. Technically, you could have one in both the AL and NL.
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What Steinbrenner does is disgusting. It is downright un-American. I will not accept a World Series done the "Steinbrenner way".
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Some athletes just have no heart.
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149 pitches is just reckless.
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The Barrett/Z brouhaha in 2007 was the turning point of the season. Let's hope the same is true in this case. *bwahahaha, I almost couldn't type that with a straight face.*
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Sad to say it, but I'm afraid very few people are excited to drop down $200 large on this team this year.
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Re: NHL (Blackhawks included) offseason thread
chuckywang replied to Prizefight's topic in Other Sports
I totally agree. Some of the posters on HFBoards are noting that Buff could be the "face of the franchise" given that he's a black player in Atlanta. Aliu too, to a smaller extent. Setting aside the oversimplicity of the racial component to this, Buff isn't cut out to be the face of any franchise. That's not his thing. He will not carry the load for anyone, and especially not for a bad team. Without motivation, he will disappear on the ice. If they're looking for a black dude to be the face of the franchise in Atlanta, they already have him: Evander Kane. -
The NFL sucks and football in general is a horrible sport.
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Pretty funny
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I gotta say this has been quite the year for my teams so far. Duke won the basketball championship and the lacrosse championship. Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup. USA hockey provided some of the most thrilling moments of hockey I have ever seen. And now USA soccer plays some heartstopping games in the World Cup. G-d-it Cubs ...
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Link? ESPN cut away from that when it happened.
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I predict the Saturday Round of 16 game will be the most watched soccer game in the US ever.