Well, yeah, but a different team has won the World Series each year for the past six years. So it looks like we’ve got the kind of parity you want, I think.
Except I’m not real sure what kind of parity you want. At any rate, baseball doesn’t have what the NFL has, where one team has won three of the last five Super Bowls.
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the other josh
Casey, like David says, he prefers parity in terms of revenue. That’s what the NFL has currently achieved. New England didn’t win 3/5 Super Bowls because it spent more then everyone else, they won because of the strength of the organization. Compare that to the National League, where aside from the Mets, any solidly built team would have been guaranteed a slot in the playoffs. Any team run 2/3 as well as Oakland or Minnesota would be in already, but instead we see a whole bunch of mediocrity, with each club completely incapable of putting their divisions or the Wild Card away.
So in other words, the NFL has a system where every team is equal in terms of its payroll and potential…while the National League is equal simply because only one club has been built well enough to own a playoff spot. Payrolls are a factor, but I’d point out that the teams currently in the hunt aren’t exactly that far apart in terms of dollars spent.
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abe
“the NFL has a system where every team is equal in terms of its payroll and potential.” Untrue. And teams that exploit unpooled rev have more cash to toss at signing bonuses etc. See Redskins, Washington.
Nice work David.
Well, yeah, but a different team has won the World Series each year for the past six years. So it looks like we’ve got the kind of parity you want, I think.
Except I’m not real sure what kind of parity you want. At any rate, baseball doesn’t have what the NFL has, where one team has won three of the last five Super Bowls.
Casey, like David says, he prefers parity in terms of revenue. That’s what the NFL has currently achieved. New England didn’t win 3/5 Super Bowls because it spent more then everyone else, they won because of the strength of the organization. Compare that to the National League, where aside from the Mets, any solidly built team would have been guaranteed a slot in the playoffs. Any team run 2/3 as well as Oakland or Minnesota would be in already, but instead we see a whole bunch of mediocrity, with each club completely incapable of putting their divisions or the Wild Card away.
So in other words, the NFL has a system where every team is equal in terms of its payroll and potential…while the National League is equal simply because only one club has been built well enough to own a playoff spot. Payrolls are a factor, but I’d point out that the teams currently in the hunt aren’t exactly that far apart in terms of dollars spent.
“the NFL has a system where every team is equal in terms of its payroll and potential.” Untrue. And teams that exploit unpooled rev have more cash to toss at signing bonuses etc. See Redskins, Washington.