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Originally Posted by Cardus
Player free agency should be your target here, not an owner willing spend a lot of money to improve his product.
Player movement has disrupted fan allegiance, not an owner like Steinbrenner.
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Free agency is only a problem is baseball
Steinbrenner is a major reason why.
No one can say he didnt spend to try to make his teams better especially compared to those which still profit while letting the on field product suffer. But you can also say that his spending was a major reason why MLB never was able to rein in free agency and come up with a better system of player movement/salary cap.
I am not saying that I wouldn't have done the same thing in his shoes. But he is one of the core reasons why there is a competitive imbalance in baseball.