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Matt Foley

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Matt Foley

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So they signed the two best FA pitchers and the best FA position player last year, and they're going to get the top two position players this year. And they are signing this Cuban pitcher, more than likely.

Isn't there any interest in what's best for the game?

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So you are for profit sharing, spending caps, and regulations/rules all in an effort to produce a more competitive playing field. Don't mind me I'm just going to write this down... :D

Well if pro sports were like life there wouldn't be any drafts, now would there?

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    • kungfoodude
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      By kungfoodude · Posted

      Well I should also say another caveat is positional value. You have to be careful violating that. For the scenarios you are describing, those are also things that free agency is for. Free agency should always set up the draft. Improve the roster and then go shopping for things to potentially take your roster up a notch.  Lastly, we are in scenario 2. Our roster is still not good and we have holes at most position groups. We are actually in the "BPA All Day" range.  
    • dep
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      By dep · Posted

      what's a lie?
    • Jay Roosevelt
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      By Jay Roosevelt · Posted

      I'm very interested in seeing the specifics of these cases. The term "illegal gambling" makes me think this is unrelated to typical sports betting/point shaving and related to something else on the side. That kind of stuff worries me much less than something like we saw with Jontay Porter happening on a larger scale. I absolutely think the feds need to be keeping a much closer eye on this stuff given how much more sports betting is going on these days. I honestly don't care that much if it's a Calvin Ridley situation where a player is betting on league games that he's not playing in; I can see why that isn't allowed, but I don't think that presents a major threat to the integrity of the game on any kind of large scale. IMO, the larger threat to sports in general isn't a large-scale organized crime operation but a bunch of smaller operations or even just individuals who are willing to do what Jontay Porter did. He was a relatively insignificant player in the grand scheme of things, but it's entirely possible we see this type of thing more and more even at the highest levels of sports. If gambling is going to be legalized to the extent that it has been, there needs to be better regulation and a very strong set of rules in place for the sportsbooks, the bettors and for the leagues/teams themselves. I don't get the sense that is the case right now.
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