Competitive Balance Lottery

[kingphatcow]

I'm against corporate welfare, so I don't like this. What do you guys think? Good for the game? Bad for America? Somewhere in between?

http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130717&content_id=53981490&vkey=pr_mlb&c_id=mlb

[zitothebrave]

Not a fan of it. How can teams who have no issue drawing (cardinals) and no issue paying guys (cardinals) need help?

[Julio3000]

The Cards are a strange case: smallish market, pitiful TV deal, but profitable and valuable.

[weso1]

I'm fine with it, but they clearly need to fix the rules. The Cardinals being a part of it is an absolute joke, as are the Rockies to a slightly lesser degree. So just figure out a way to make it mainly about the real low market teams and go from there.

[MURF21]

Don't the Padres have one of the best tv contract deals?