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is we just need a salary floor.
That's just the end of it all.
A salary cap isn't going to do a damn thing.
We need a salary floor.
I'm just going to put that out there and will it into existence because the Dodgers should absolutely, just like the Mets, just like if the Yankees were doing it too,
they should absolutely be rewarded for spending to put a winning product out there.
I'm not even saying that as a Dodgers apologist.
I'm saying that as a fan of a pro sport.
They should absolutely be rewarded for putting out a winning product.
But you can't sit here and say, and you can talk about caps on deferrals, but this is what's in the CBA right now.
It doesn't matter.
And let's not forget, Otani is the one that proposed that damn deal.
So, like, it's not even the Dodgers didn't propose it.
He went to them.
Him and Nez Baleo said, hey,
We want to defer all of this because we want to win.
And so for me, those teams should absolutely be rewarded for that sort of stuff.
I think Steve Cohen is trying.
I just think there's so many other issues with the Mets that need to be addressed, as you mentioned, the clubhouse culture, because all of that stuff spreads like wildfire.
Exactly.