King predicts Haynesworth to Redskins

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

Ugh, football is going to turn into freaking baseball. Granted that we would be one of those teams with lots of money, so we will be able to get all the top players, but there will be no parity in the league. I can see small market teams like Buffalo, to turn into the Tampa Bay Devil Rays of football.

You mean a small market team who puts together a talented young core good enough to beat out the high revenue Yankees and Red Sox on their way to a World Series appearance?

The notion that baseball doesn't have parity holds no water anymore. Recent World Series participants:

- Tampa Bay 2008
- Colorado 2007
- Detroit 2006
- Florida 2003

Do the A's and Twins not manage to make the playoffs on a semi-regular basis? Do the Florida Marlins not manage to hang with the Phillies and Mets each year?

The only low revenue team you can point to is the KC Royals. They're not bad because they don't spend money, they're bad because their organization sucks balls. They can't scout, they can't coach, and they can't draft.

If football ended up looking like baseball has (minus the roids!) in the last 10 years, the league would be doing real well for itself. Baseball is showing that salary caps (or the lack thereof) don't mean the end of your league as you know it.