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Originally Posted by jingram058
No, the money from 1930 brought forward to today is nothing like today. When you change everything because of money, it is not the same game. I'n not old. I'm not a fogey. I am a realist. If you're young and enjoy today's MLB, great. If you are old enough to remember it before colossal sums of money mandated all the changes, perhaps you would see things differently. Lots of folks on this forum have deep pockets, so they don't see the money issue. That's fine. I believe the game is not the same, and for the worse, not better. Nothing is going to change my opinion. I don't watch it; to me it's too painful to watch. Unpleasant. Not fun.
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I sort of have to agree with the old fogey camp on this one. Without conducting any study or analysis I have to imagine today’s players are wildly far removed in terms of salaries from the common man more than they have ever been. That holds true for many aspects of society. CEOs are also more wildly removed from their workers than ever before. The players deserve the money due to what they bring in. Not questioning that, but it seems like it has resulted in players that don’t hold much if any allegiance to a particular team. That didn’t seem as true in the “old days” and I think it’s fair to not like the game as much based on that.