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...break the bank, and there will continue to be inequities in Major League Baseball's competitive balance. You neglected to mention how some teams are able to afford such players. Here in Boston, it's hard to be a Red Sox fan when the team has just signed Manny Ramirez for $160 million while trying to hit up Massachusetts taxpayers for $312 million to replace beloved Fenway Park...
...inequity is in competitive balance. Only four or five teams could afford even to consider bidding for A-Rod's services or those of, say, Cleveland Indians outfielder Manny Ramirez, who last week signed the game's second richest contract, $160 million for eight years with the Boston Red Sox. Even the demands of mid-level players are soaring beyond the reach of less well-heeled clubs. Kevin Appier, who is hardly Pedro Martinez and isn't even Kevin Brown, will be paid $10 million a year after signing with the New York Mets last week, and the average major...
...over by and tax it at around 50% and distribute that money to the bottom third of the league to give them more capital to compete. I see this as a win-win situation overall because it curbs the utterly ridiculous salaries like those of Rodriguez and Manny Ramirez (Yeah Sox fans, stop bitching about the Yankees when you just gave Manny $20 million per annum--wait till Nomar wants to renegotiate...
...discussion, panelists offered suggestions for how the system can be improved. Northeastern University Law Professor Deborah Ramirez said that the police must learn "to build community" and make that one of their major responsibilities...
...they've got to go beyond the traditional role of policing...and form a symbiotic relationship with the community," Ramirez said...