Not the Point
Not the point. ZM clearly shows that having a chance to win the ultimate goal - a World Series Championship is not a function of money. A point further supported by the participants in this years World Series. Also by the fact that 9 out of the top tier teams did not make it.
An analogy would be driving from Montreal to Toronto. At the speed limit a $100,000 car will get you there just as quickly as a $10,000 car. Unforeseen delays are not a function of the cost of the car but the drivers knowledge of alternate routes may help avoid or shorten them.
Your building analogy is insufficient. If the discussion was a comparison of expansion teams or teams starting from zero every year it would suffice.
The choices facing teams are 1.)building,2.)maintaining,3.)renovating or 4.)demolishing and starting over. The success of certain recent expansion teams - Marlins,D-Backs,Rockies has shown that building from nothing has the advantage of working without the history of previous mistakes. This was a default choice since the other three scenarios were not available.The Marlins have shown that 1.) and 4.) are viable,both within a short time frame BUT they were in a market where TV,advertising and season ticket or luxury box revenues would not be significantly impacted. Certain markets and team history preclude options 1.) and 4.).
rumpleforeskiin said:
Not the point. ZM clearly shows that having a chance to win the ultimate goal - a World Series Championship is not a function of money. A point further supported by the participants in this years World Series. Also by the fact that 9 out of the top tier teams did not make it.
An analogy would be driving from Montreal to Toronto. At the speed limit a $100,000 car will get you there just as quickly as a $10,000 car. Unforeseen delays are not a function of the cost of the car but the drivers knowledge of alternate routes may help avoid or shorten them.
Your building analogy is insufficient. If the discussion was a comparison of expansion teams or teams starting from zero every year it would suffice.
The choices facing teams are 1.)building,2.)maintaining,3.)renovating or 4.)demolishing and starting over. The success of certain recent expansion teams - Marlins,D-Backs,Rockies has shown that building from nothing has the advantage of working without the history of previous mistakes. This was a default choice since the other three scenarios were not available.The Marlins have shown that 1.) and 4.) are viable,both within a short time frame BUT they were in a market where TV,advertising and season ticket or luxury box revenues would not be significantly impacted. Certain markets and team history preclude options 1.) and 4.).
