12-09-2023, 02:55 PM
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#1081
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: CALGARY!
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What a joke pro sports are. $700 million? Then teams have the audacity to make tax payers pay for new arenas and stadiums. #### off. $700 million to hit and throw a ball…
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12-09-2023, 03:01 PM
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#1082
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: wearing raccoons for boots
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Originally Posted by browna
On an AAV level, yes for Oakland and Baltimore (at least a the start of the 2023 season).
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I did see somewhere that the Os highest paid player right now is...Chris Davis
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12-09-2023, 03:08 PM
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#1083
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Deep South
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Familia
What a joke pro sports are. $700 million? Then teams have the audacity to make tax payers pay for new arenas and stadiums. #### off. $700 million to hit and throw a ball…
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This is what is so broken about pro sports. Teams cry poor that they can't build their only basic infrastructure and then we see contracts like this.
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12-09-2023, 03:14 PM
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#1084
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Virginia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mrkajz44
This is what is so broken about pro sports. Teams cry poor that they can't build their only basic infrastructure and then we see contracts like this.
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Yep, it's too bad city's haven't figured out how to say no to that aspect. Also add in the billions of cable carriage fees Americans pay for RSNs that less than 10% watch.
Dodgers are getting about 300 million a year for their tv deal and average 96,000 viewers a game. $3000/year per regular viewer, lol.
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12-09-2023, 03:34 PM
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#1085
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: SW Ontario
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10 years/$700M. The Jays dodged a bullet here, nobody is worth that contract.
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12-09-2023, 03:35 PM
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#1086
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Burnaby
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Yeah if the price is that high that’s fine with me. Toronto was likely just leveraged to push the price up. Always the bridesmaid I suppose. Still crazy numbers.
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12-09-2023, 03:36 PM
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#1087
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: SW Ontario
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MLB desperately needs a hard cap.
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12-09-2023, 03:38 PM
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#1088
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by howard_the_duck
Basically a billion CAD. Just insane.
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Yeah, our dollar is ####.
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12-09-2023, 04:10 PM
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#1090
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Virginia
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Originally Posted by dissentowner
MLB desperately needs a hard cap.
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Do they? That's a hard sell when the top 3 payrolls missed the playoffs last year, and 3 division winners were in the bottom half of the league in payroll.
Being stupid in free agency isn't the only path to winning or even a very good path.
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12-09-2023, 04:17 PM
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#1091
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: The Pas, MB
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Originally Posted by Mathgod
A giant middle finger to anyone putting out false reports yesterday.
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The Dodger guy is gloating today too. What a loser.
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12-09-2023, 04:40 PM
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#1092
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
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No comment yet from the Jays or their media mouthpeices?
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12-09-2023, 04:46 PM
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#1093
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Franchise Player
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Say what you want about 7 years $700 million, but Ohtani would have undoubtedly improved the Jays chances at a world series win for the next few seasons.
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12-09-2023, 04:53 PM
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#1094
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by browna
No comment yet from the Jays or their media mouthpeices?
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It's just sports. Why you hefta be mad?
The Dodgers were favorites for years to land him. To be honest, I think they Jays dodged a bullet.
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12-09-2023, 04:58 PM
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#1095
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Virginia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Say what you want about 7 years $700 million, but Ohtani would have undoubtedly improved the Jays chances at a world series win for the next few seasons.
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A lot of that money is for spectacle and marketing.
If the only goal is winning a world series, I think 70m/year could definitely been spent better to improve their odds.
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12-09-2023, 05:01 PM
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#1096
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2022
Location: California
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Originally Posted by activeStick
Eff the Mariners!
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The feeling is most definitely mutual.
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12-09-2023, 05:12 PM
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#1097
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Jiggy
It's just sports. Why you hefta be mad?
The Dodgers were favorites for years to land him. To be honest, I think they Jays dodged a bullet.
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No mad, just wondering how they are going to spin it, and how quickly. They put probably the most organizational and ownership resources and time on this over the past 2+ weeks ever, so while there would be a let down, their messaging now, and really all offseason, should be clear, honest, timely and on point.
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12-09-2023, 05:31 PM
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#1098
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Victoria
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nfotiu
Yep, it's too bad city's haven't figured out how to say no to that aspect. Also add in the billions of cable carriage fees Americans pay for RSNs that less than 10% watch.
Dodgers are getting about 300 million a year for their tv deal and average 96,000 viewers a game. $3000/year per regular viewer, lol.
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This forum shows there's enough stupid fans to demand the city pay for it and that the billionaires shouldnt have to pay it all or even part, just look at our arena deal threads. The whole everything with sports and money is broken, why should athletes even get a million a year let alone this. People just continue to pay stupid ticket prices allowing them to do so and applaud public money to build arenas
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12-09-2023, 05:32 PM
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#1099
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Franchise Player
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Man just about anything they do this off season is going to seem so "blah" now haha
Unless they land Yamamoto
Hopefully they have a surprise or two up their sleeve.
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12-09-2023, 05:35 PM
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#1100
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Man just about anything they do this off season is going to seem so "blah" now haha
Unless they land Yamamoto
Hopefully they have a surprise or two up their sleeve.
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"Best" case scenario, what would that be in so far as straight up adding new players? Bellinger, Yamamoto, and Chapman comes back on a good deal, and maybe one of Teoscar or Gurriel comes back?
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