sports ownership – Scotts 2 Cents https://scotts2cents.com Because sometimes things just need to be said.... Sat, 19 Sep 2026 19:13:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://scotts2cents.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-5B3591FB-539B-4A48-B259-9096E587578A-32x32.jpeg sports ownership – Scotts 2 Cents https://scotts2cents.com 32 32 MLB Owners Want a Salary Cap. The Numbers Say They Might Be Right. https://scotts2cents.com/mlb-owners-want-a-salary-cap-the-numbers-say-they-might-be-right/ https://scotts2cents.com/mlb-owners-want-a-salary-cap-the-numbers-say-they-might-be-right/#respond Sat, 19 Sep 2026 19:13:32 +0000 https://scotts2cents.com/2026/09/19/mlb-owners-want-a-salary-cap-the-numbers-say-they-might-be-right/ I never expected to write a sentence defending baseball’s owners. But here we are, six months into MLB’s ugliest labor fight in a generation, and I keep landing on the same uncomfortable conclusion: this time, they might actually have a point. Formal CBA talks between MLB and the players’ union started on May 12. The ...

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]]> https://scotts2cents.com/mlb-owners-want-a-salary-cap-the-numbers-say-they-might-be-right/feed/ 0 The Dodgers Paid $169 Million in Luxury Tax. It Didn’t Change a Thing. https://scotts2cents.com/the-dodgers-paid-169-million-in-luxury-tax-it-didnt-change-a-thing/ https://scotts2cents.com/the-dodgers-paid-169-million-in-luxury-tax-it-didnt-change-a-thing/#respond Mon, 07 Sep 2026 19:13:58 +0000 https://scotts2cents.com/2026/09/07/the-dodgers-paid-169-million-in-luxury-tax-it-didnt-change-a-thing/ Nine teams got hit with a luxury tax penalty after both the 2024 and 2025 seasons, the most in the sport’s history, a level of tax-dodging math that would embarrass anyone else’s business plan. The Dodgers alone paid $169.4 million of it last year. They still won. That’s the whole argument for a salary cap, ...

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]]> https://scotts2cents.com/the-dodgers-paid-169-million-in-luxury-tax-it-didnt-change-a-thing/feed/ 0 The Royals Won Eight Straight. They’re Still 16 Games Under .500. https://scotts2cents.com/the-royals-won-eight-straight-theyre-still-16-games-under-500/ https://scotts2cents.com/the-royals-won-eight-straight-theyre-still-16-games-under-500/#respond Mon, 24 Aug 2026 19:18:23 +0000 https://scotts2cents.com/2026/08/24/the-royals-won-eight-straight-theyre-still-16-games-under-500/ Eight straight wins, capped off by an 11-7 sweep-clincher over Detroit this weekend. For a few days, Kauffman Stadium felt like 2024 again, back before this team apparently forgot how to win a baseball game for four straight months. Here’s the number that doesn’t make the highlight package: 58-74. That’s the record after the streak, ...

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]]> https://scotts2cents.com/the-royals-won-eight-straight-theyre-still-16-games-under-500/feed/ 0 Enjoy the Game, Question the Invoice https://scotts2cents.com/enjoy-the-game-question-the-invoice/ https://scotts2cents.com/enjoy-the-game-question-the-invoice/#respond Sat, 15 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0000 https://scotts2cents.com/2026/08/15/enjoy-the-game-question-the-invoice/ Somebody buys a sports team, and within a few years the city is somehow paying for their stadium. That’s not a conspiracy theory, it’s just how the math works out almost every time. A guy worth a few billion dollars buys an NFL or NBA franchise, then turns around and tells the local government that ...

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