Revenue Sharing

[brooklynboy]

interesting article in the NY Times sport section about revenue sharing..Seems like the Royals received roughly $60M last year in revenue
sharing...Wonder where the money went??



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[Sluggerrr]

Probably to Sluggerrr's 10th Birthday Celebration, I hear it's gonna be CRAZY

[brooklynboy]

Originally Posted by Sluggerrr

Probably to Sluggerrr's 10th Birthday Celebration, I hear it's gonna be CRAZY

Hey Slugerrr, hope you had a great one...Happy B'day..That's a neat
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[Spute]

The Royals' goal shouldn't be to spend more money, in my opinion... It should be to better allocate that money. Pumping $10-15 million into the farm system instead of the payroll would certainly help (I'm talking about hiring top of the line coaches and scouts, young and smart front office gurus, and signing high-priced latino prospects and guys who slip in the draft due to signability issues.)

So where does that extra revenue sharing money go? Certainly not into the owner's pocket?
That money should be stashed away (and accumulated) for a couple of years until the team's talent justifies some serious open market spending. That means adding pieces the farm system has not produced but are necessary to compete.

There is one problem here, though. If the large markets (such as the Yankees and Mets) ever figure out how the smaller market teams like the A's, Twins, and Brewers are competing, it's all over. It shouldn't be that hard to figure it out, but the minor league spending hasn't indicated that the Yankees and others know how to squash these smaller market teams.
If the larger markets start to outbid the smaller markets for all of the best scouts, coaches, and front office personnel, the small markets will have no way of gaining the upper-hand anymore. Sure, they might get lucky a time or two, but (IMO) that could lead to two things:

1- large market mega-powers
2- football like parity

Maybe some large markets have resisted wiping out smaller markets in the amateur talent business because they're worried that if they can't compete, they'll need to aid them with even more revenue sharing.
Still, I find it hard to believe someone like Steinbrenner is going to look 10 years down the road and wonder "Is what I'm doing now good for the future?" Steinbrenner wants to win and he wants to win NOW. His haphazard spending and quick trigger represent that philosophy.