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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHas anyone pointed out the Royals owner used to run Walmart?
I get it.
Pulling for the underdog is cool.
But the reason they're underdogs is because he runs them the way he ran Walmart: By paying his employees the minimum amount possible.
It's not fashionable but I kind of like the Yankees approach: Pay your employees a ton and give your fans the greatest return on their investment of loyalty.
YMMMV.
FSogol
(45,504 posts)Not really a good comparison to the minimum wage Walmart worker. Plus there are 12 teams with lower salaries than the Royals.
For a fan to watch and appreciate professional sports, you have already decided to ignore millionaire players and usually unsavory billionaire owners.
PS. Screw the Yankees.
taterguy
(29,582 posts)Which is my point.
Travis_0004
(5,417 posts)Nobody is being underpaid they are just generally less talented or picking up players through good scouting who have not proven themselves yet and will sign a lower priced contract. That's good scouting.
taterguy
(29,582 posts)Whatevs
pipoman
(16,038 posts)taterguy
(29,582 posts)Apparently you think it's a bad thing.
pipoman
(16,038 posts)Tax money to pay for their venues, maintaining a ridiculous payroll, and pricing their products beyond the reach of those who are paying for it all. .
taterguy
(29,582 posts)pipoman
(16,038 posts)Travis_0004
(5,417 posts)Yes they pay less than the Yankees, but their players are not as good as the Yankees statistically.
If the players on the Royals could get more money they would have signed with another team for more money.
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)but it's this year.
Dreamer Tatum
(10,926 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)every time, and I focus on the players. The Vikings' owners have engaged in some pretty weaselly - not to say illegal - business practices outside the NFL but I root for the players in purple and white, not the owners. The Royals are a great story and classic underdogs.
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)The Yankees business model sucks, the Yankee's fans suck, Yankee stadium sucks, As a matter of fact I can see space and time bend when I drive through The Bronx because of all the suck power from the Yankees.
taterguy
(29,582 posts)Nothing completely sucks.
There are variations in everything.
Some Yankees are quite decent folks.
Watch this clip. Best eye-roll ever in an ad. I defy you to post a better one.
pipoman
(16,038 posts)The Yankees are the team of the wealthy in NY...they have to be because of their monumentally high payroll. Your hating on the Royals seems to deny that the players are worthy.. .yet the Yankees are passing your test...
taterguy
(29,582 posts)The 'majority' can't afford that either.
Travis_0004
(5,417 posts)They likely were not that expensive for the championship series when the team sold them but people are selling them on the resale market.
taterguy
(29,582 posts)Just a thought.
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)the gravity!!!
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)Are you saying there are more ethical owners? If so, how many of them are there?
taterguy
(29,582 posts)The fact that he's a basketball guy and not a baseball guy is just a technicality.
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)OK, then. Prove it. Of course, a single anecdote really doesn't prove a damn thing, but, well, whatever.
And you do know he is a fan of Ayn Rand, right? Hmm.
taterguy
(29,582 posts)How about a nice long Mother Jones article?
http://www.motherjones.com/media/2011/02/dan-rather-reports-mark-cuban-hd-net?page=1
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)You make a claim, you prove it. And one guy isn't going to support your claim, even if you can justify an Ayn Rand supporter as more ethical than the KC owner.
Seriously, this not hard stuff.
hfojvt
(37,573 posts)because of Kleeb.