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What are you, come kind of Commie? The Yankees are profitable. What more do you need to know? What matters how much the payroll is?

This is a lame response. Hollywood flicks are "profitable" too. From a consumer's point of view, I would much prefer MLB to give me a competitive situation with a level playing field. Selecting teams based on cable contracts and other mundane factors doesnt really do it for me.

MLB has turned the game into a pseudo-sport closer to pro-wrestling than antything else. If that floats your boat, good for you. I am glad you find entertainment in this. As long as you realize with the financial resoruces at your franchise's disposal (compared to that of the other 90% of the league), they should be downright embarrased if they DIDNT win. Yankee championships are about as meaninful as a Harlem Globetrotters game.

For those of us who enjoy sports for the competitiveness, there are far better alternatives. The NFL has it about right.

If any franchise wanted to spend the money and plow the profits back into the team, they could do exactly what the Yankees have done. Sure they make a little more on cable than most teams, but a heck of a lot more people tune in to see them than most teams. I would wager dollars to donuts that the percentage of sets tuned to the Yankees in the NY Metro Area is a lot higher than the percentage tuned to the M's in Seattle.

And don't forget, the Yankees share that market with another MLB franchise, whose name escapes me just now...

Some things the Yankees have not done in the last fifty years or so...

They have not built a new stadium.

They have not unbalanced their payroll. They have not paid any one player much more than any other.

They have not traded away all their prospects in favor of immediate success. They start each and every season building on the year before, with the only goal of winning the World Series.

They have not abandoned their scouting program and farm system. Look at the Yankees starting line-up. Over half are products of the farm system or were scouted up from parts unknown.

And any team in the league could do it, if they wanted to...

But most want the quick cash killing.