Rick Roller 10
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Theres nearly 1,400 people worth over a billion dollars in the world. Cant one of these dudes buy a franchise and troll every other team by throwing a blank check to every great Free Agent?? I mean, theres no salary cap.
Whats stopping some rich *** dude from spending over a billion on a baseball team?
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Born2BKing
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Theres nearly 1,400 people worth over a billion dollars in the world. Cant one of these dudes buy a franchise and troll every other team by throwing a blank check to every great Free Agent?? I mean, theres no salary cap.
They prolly just not interested in sports like that. And teams have to want to sell in the first place.
cause they dont care about baseball, its not important or glamorous enough
there are a bunch of soccer clubs that have been bought by billionaires though, and its not that good for the game.
they're already placing rules to stop people from just buying a random team, loading it with superstars and winning everything
there are a bunch of soccer clubs that have been bought by billionaires though, and its not that good for the game.
they're already placing rules to stop people from just buying a random team, loading it with superstars and winning everything
baseball made nearly 8 billion in revenue last year only the NFL made more..Even Cuban tried to buy a team
The coli is not representative of most americans thoughts on sports
The new ownership group would have to be approved by the other owners, it's the reason Marc Cuban couldn't buy a team.
Captain Crunch
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That's not how business works, if a team only brings in 400 mil annually, they won't spend 300 mil on payroll, even though the owner may have 1 billion in the bank.
madness
Taking my talents to South Beach
because there are literally thousands of other better and safer investments out there.
plus a lot of those super rich foreign dudes have probably never watched baseball game in their lives.
plus a lot of those super rich foreign dudes have probably never watched baseball game in their lives.
beenz
Rap Guerilla
yup. most owners are rich. and they didn't get rich by making unsound financial decisions. usually turning a profit is the top priority. and winning is secondary. hell, if they can turn a profit without winning or having a large payroll, that's the best situation for them
madness
Taking my talents to South Beach
they are just 'regular rich' though, they aren't 'hundreds of billions rich' like these middle eastern oil dudes
Kunty McPhuck
Scust Szn has Returned
Outside of the Arabs & Russians, billionaires don't spent money like that, they want to make a profit and a healthy one at that in their investment
theres not enough free agents available to spend $1B anyways. in a good free agent market lately there are only like 4-5 guys youd absolutely want to sign at whatever cost, then a bunch of mediocre veterans. most teams have their young stars locked up or give them extensions a few years before they can even hit the market. the yankees basically did this in 09 when they signed texiera, CC, AJ burnett and swisher. unfortunately this worked 
