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If there is, for example, a cap of $180MM payroll, there's more incentive for teams to get there because they don't have to worry about BOS/NY/LA...
I'm not sure why this is relevant. Each league also has a different expense structure outside of player salaries. I wouldn't ever expect players...
Contracts are far more complex than paying star players or guaranteed money. The NFL has - by far - the biggest rosters, meaning the money has to...
At the time, I'd think he still likely would have rejected it because he thought he was going to get a big multi-year offer - meaning it would...
Agreed - but that's also how players lose support from the fans because they'll take the blame. Also, if revenues drop, then they cost themselves...
The Moustakas thing seems to support the players' argument that free agency is broken. With no long-term commitment, theoretically he should be...
No one will care if they strike through April or May or even June - people get over that pretty quickly and it would actually make for a...
Kimbrel gave up 7 runs in 10 2/3 innings in the postseason, going 6-6 in saves. He had two perfect outings and gave up runs in 5 of 9...
Why do you think the national debt has to be paid off entirely? The main thing to manage is the Debt-to-GDP ratio.
The last two major tax hikes - Obama and Clinton - did not come with any significant additional spending and dramatically reduced the deficit....
I'm sure plenty of other jurisdictions will as well over the coming weeks and months. It's no different than stadium deals that end up enriching...
No, they do it because politicians only look at the short-term because that's what gets them elected. If it has consequences down the line, it's...
I generally have issue with those subsidies, but again, they are different - they are available to any farms that meet the basic requirements....
In what way did he stop believing in something? Did I miss where he agreed to stop arguing against police brutality or stop using his voice as a...
The politicians who competed for it all over the country aren't going to be in office in 25 years - they care about the benefits now, regardless...
Even ignoring the lack of fair competition, these types of incentive deals are not new, and most of the data on these deals suggest it doesn't...
The difference is that any tenant has equal access to that deal - if the landlord negotiates it specifically with that one tenant, then it's a...
From the National Review... https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/02/capitalism-politics-cold-war-amazon-headquarters-controversy/ Snippets:...
Why do people act like this is a bad thing? Disagreement is good - it indicates people are being honest about their own views and beliefs and...
So I take it your stance on corporate tax subsidies has completely changed now that your old stance is inconvenient?
