OT: Why do leagues allow perennial losers?

[nycole]

Why do leagues allow perennial losers losers? Why do they not intervene for the sake of the league? Most certainly one could make the case that cellar dwellers such as the Isles and Cleveland Browns and Oakland Athletics are a drag on the rest of the league? I can't think of an NBA equivalent because I don't watch. The Knicks?

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[nycole]

On the topic of "why": Why did people who say they love me make me an Islanders fan? How could they do this to me?

 

[JeffNYI]

I've been drinking, too.

Cheers! lol

 

[TommytheCat]

On the topic of "why": Why did people who say they love me make me an Islanders fan? How could they do this to me?

i feel your frustration... flip the channel to nhl network and all i do is curse at the tv ... just wish we could get some closure to what's going on with the team, players , and staff

 

[Bunk Moreland]

They’re privately owned businesses and as long as they abide by the bylaws they can run it however they want. It would set a horrible a precedent and screams of stuff being rigged.

 

[MattMartin]

Guess when you pay near a 1/2 billion dollars for something you get to do what you want.

 

[LeapOnOver]

Why do leagues allow perennial losers losers? Why do they not intervene for the sake of the league? Most certainly one could make the case that cellar dwellers such as the Isles and Cleveland Browns and Oakland Athletics are a drag on the rest of the league? I can't think of an NBA equivalent because I don't watch. The Knicks?

Because this isn't Communist China and the league can't tell owners they have to spend to the max to be competitive. There's a minimum salary cap and that's all they can do.

 

[Mr Misunderstood]

"The world needs ditch diggers, too."

 

[ThreeLeftSkates]

"The world needs ditch diggers, too."

How big of a hole would Mr. Snow need?

 

[Mr Misunderstood]

How big of a hole would Mr. Snow need?

It's pretty deep at this point. I mean he has been digging for 12 years.

 

[Big L]

The first thing to do to get yourself out of a hole is to stop digging.

 

[nycole]

Right now kinda wishing my phone had a breathalyzer app.

I've been drinking, too.

Cheers! lol

Holla.

They’re privately owned businesses and as long as they abide by the bylaws they can run it however they want. It would set a horrible a precedent and screams of stuff being rigged.

Guess when you pay near a 1/2 billion dollars for something you get to do what you want.

Because this isn't Communist China and the league can't tell owners they have to spend to the max to be competitive. There's a minimum salary cap and that's all they can do.

With the rules of each league in terms of revenue sharing and player contracts, I'm having a hard time putting them in a purely capitalist category.
Quite the contrary I find it socialist that teams can not pull their weight financially and/or talent-wise for years on end. It's the definition of insanity.

(I was half-kidding about the Knicks.)

 

[BarBeauWahlDobLok]

Why do leagues allow perennial losers losers? Why do they not intervene for the sake of the league? Most certainly one could make the case that cellar dwellers such as the Isles and Cleveland Browns and Oakland Athletics are a drag on the rest of the league? I can't think of an NBA equivalent because I don't watch. The Knicks?

Teams are privately owned and can run their teams any way they'd like. The only regulation that exists is that of the salary cap or revenue sharing. The respective owners are the bosses of Gary Bettman, not the other way around. Though, there are no elections, fans can always send ownership a message by not giving them money. As much as it may feel like you do now, you don't want dictatorial governance anywhere in the U.S. But if we had that in sports, theoretically, we'd have a situation like what exists in the KHL where a team is stacked to win. If we had dictatorial governance, all the talent would be funneled to NYC, Boston, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and possibly San Jose, who would likely become the San Francisco Sharks. So, there really is no availability for league intervention. If there was, things would be worse than most of us can imagine. The only other check that comes into play is any potential owner being approved by the Board Of Governors. Other than that, there has to be something egregious for removal... like John Spano, for instance.

 

[LeapOnOver]

Right now kinda wishing my phone had a breathalyzer app.



Holla.







With the rules of each league in terms of revenue sharing and player contracts, I'm having a hard time putting them in a purely capitalist category.
Quite the contrary I find it socialist that teams can not pull their weight financially and/or talent-wise for years on end. It's the definition of insanity.

(I was half-kidding about the Knicks.)

LOL, I don't watch basketball either...I'm still a Washington Bullets fan....

 

[Patiohimself]

I wish we could do something like the Euro leagues do where bottom teams can get relegated to a junior league and the junior league champions get moved up into their place. Obv the competition between the best AHL team and worst NHL team is far to different, but I wish that could happen. That way we would hopefully be at the top our whatever JR league we got relegated to.

 

[aronjudge11]

as a yankee fan to me, it felt like the important teams, needed and wanted 5-10 joke teams that just existed to prop up the real teams winining percentage, and act as a major league minor league, developing players that the better teams could then aquire any time they wanted to. That changed a bit in the last 8 years though with revenue sharing.

 

[mm11]

"The world needs ditch diggers, too."

It's easy to grin when your ship comes in and you've got the stock market beat. But the man worthwhile............ahh forget it! no one cares......Let's go Isles

 

[YearlyLottery]

Right now kinda wishing my phone had a breathalyzer app.



Holla.







With the rules of each league in terms of revenue sharing and player contracts, I'm having a hard time putting them in a purely capitalist category.
Quite the contrary I find it socialist that teams can not pull their weight financially and/or talent-wise for years on end. It's the definition of insanity.

(I was half-kidding about the Knicks.)

What exactly in the world is "purely capitalist" though?

 

[YearlyLottery]

as a yankee fan to me, it felt like the important teams, needed and wanted 5-10 joke teams that just existed to prop up the real teams winining percentage, and act as a major league minor league, developing players that the better teams could then aquire any time they wanted to. That changed a bit in the last 8 years though with revenue sharing.

And all it takes is an owner wanting to change that perception, which is why Ledecky/Malkin is so frustrating.

 

[Richie Daggers Crime]

What exactly in the world is "purely capitalist" though?

I'm just here for the socialism/capitalism talk. It's entertaining.

 

[Spirit of 67]

Why should the league fix incompetence?