So you?re saying the NHL is not about money but for the love of the game?
Sorry my brother but I must disagree. The NHL is also about the money they just do it badly. I love hockey. I used to play, but unless I?m at the game (I go three maybe four times a year) I seldom watch it. It is never on regular TV and the regular season does not really matter because every team except the last place team gets into the playoffs. If one of the original six is not in the finial I don?t even watch that, its spring!
I?ve been hearing about how unfair the system for MLB is every year. I know that I root for the team that spends the most but I?m sorry; the system is working just fine. The Yankees have spent way more money than every team, every year this decade and yet it has taken them ten years to win the World Series. Three of the teams that spent the
most in payroll during 2009 didn?t even make the play-offs. Unfortunately for me, spending the most does not equal winning it all and is not why the Yankees out spend everyone.
Baseball?s system is designed so that teams can make money. Let?s be realistic, that is what matters in all of the ?Professional sports? and in the end they are
ALL making money no matter what the owners say. The Yankees make the most so they spend the most. That is their goal and that is what they are really champions at year after year.
The reality is that MLB provides an environment where every team has the potential to compete (Tampa Bay in ?2008). It does so without a salary cap that would eliminate greatness in favor of mediocrity (NHL, NFL, and MLS). When I get the urge to watch baseball for the ?love of the game? I go see some minor league crap (NY has two teams and I go see the Yankees when I?m in PA). I like it but I?d rather go see the best that money can buy.
Don?t blame baseball for any one Baseball team?s failure. Blame the POS owner who is pocketing all the profits instead of reinvesting in their team.
Ya know what I?m sayin? bro.