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TexasTowelie

(127,226 posts) Wed Mar 25, 2026, 03:40 PM 3 hrs ago

Why Baseball Teams Gave Up On Winning - More Perfect Union

It's now more lucrative to have a losing sports team than a championship team.

We examined the Boston Red Sox to see how private equity and cost cutting invaded sports.

In this era, teams want to sell good players for profit more than they want to have a good season.

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Why Baseball Teams Gave Up On Winning - More Perfect Union (Original Post) TexasTowelie 3 hrs ago OP

Private Equity is a... GiqueCee 3 hrs ago #1

GiqueCee

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1. Private Equity is a...

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Wed Mar 25, 2026, 04:18 PM

3 hrs ago

... glioblastoma, invasive, malignant, and it invariably destroys its host. It should be banned, and its perpetrators imprisoned, with their ill-gotten gains confiscated and returned to those they harmed. It is not unlike the Mafia, but in better suits.

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