Steve Bisciotti owns the Baltimore Ravens. He also either doesn’t know jack about baseball or is so blinded by salary cap politics that he feels he has to pretend that he doesn’t. Here he is today talking about the Yankees’ payroll advantages:
“It certainly doesn’t show up in the standings. If I’m a Yankees fan, I’m upset we’re not winning 130 games with the roster that they have and the money that they pay out. I think it’s a disgrace they only beat the average team by 10 games in the standings with three times the money. I’d fire that GM. You don’t need a GM. All you have to do is buy the last Cy Young Award winner every year.”
But of course they don’t because, contrary to what salary cap fans will tell you, putting a winning team on the field in any sport requires more than the simple expenditure of dumb dollars.
In other news, I wonder if the other NFL owners are mad at Bisciotti. I mean, by highlighting that even the Yankees, with their extreme financial advantages can’t simply buy championships, he is unwittingly making a very good argument against salary caps.
