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Gio (Greg Giannotti)

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
358 total appearances

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Boomer & Gio
Boomer's Back Talking Olympic Hockey & The MLB Situation

Which is insane.

Boomer & Gio
Boomer's Back Talking Olympic Hockey & The MLB Situation

It is wild.

Boomer & Gio
Boomer's Back Talking Olympic Hockey & The MLB Situation

Bruce Meyer is the guy who is taking over.

Boomer & Gio
Boomer's Back Talking Olympic Hockey & The MLB Situation

He was the chief negotiator in 2022.

Boomer & Gio
Boomer's Back Talking Olympic Hockey & The MLB Situation

He's going to be the chief negotiator and the head of the union whenever they start negotiating.

Boomer & Gio
Boomer's Back Talking Olympic Hockey & The MLB Situation

The salary cap is going to be the thing.

Boomer & Gio
Boomer's Back Talking Olympic Hockey & The MLB Situation

That is, in plain, simple terms,

Boomer & Gio
Boomer's Back Talking Olympic Hockey & The MLB Situation

It's all about the salary cap.

Boomer & Gio
Boomer's Back Talking Olympic Hockey & The MLB Situation

This is something that I brought up a few times, and I know Evan was screaming about it yesterday as well, about how the owners of these smaller market teams also deserve...

Boomer & Gio
Boomer's Back Talking Olympic Hockey & The MLB Situation

criticism during this and it shouldn't just be about the dodgers and the mets that people focus on and and this is something that we talked about where i said i don't know if all these small market owners are so thrilled about a salary cap and a salary floor because if you think about the tax bill just for the dodgers this year with the cbt it's going to be 160 million dollars now if

Boomer & Gio
Boomer's Back Talking Olympic Hockey & The MLB Situation

50% of that gets distributed to the non-tax paying teams in addition to all the other revenue sharing that these other teams get.

Boomer & Gio
Boomer's Back Talking Olympic Hockey & The MLB Situation

So these smaller market owners are taking that money and they're not investing it in the roster.

Boomer & Gio
Boomer's Back Talking Olympic Hockey & The MLB Situation

They're lining their pockets with it.

Boomer & Gio
Boomer's Back Talking Olympic Hockey & The MLB Situation

I mean, that's why you don't hear any of these guys screaming about the salary cap as much.

Boomer & Gio
Boomer's Back Talking Olympic Hockey & The MLB Situation

I mean, it's more like it's...

Boomer & Gio
Boomer's Back Talking Olympic Hockey & The MLB Situation

I just, I don't know.

Boomer & Gio
Boomer's Back Talking Olympic Hockey & The MLB Situation

I know that's what they want, but I guarantee you there will be some owners that are like, I think I could actually make more money myself.

Boomer & Gio
Boomer's Back Talking Olympic Hockey & The MLB Situation

Does every owner that has a small market team care about winning more than making money?

Boomer & Gio
Boomer's Back Talking Olympic Hockey & The MLB Situation

Because I don't think some of them think they could do both at the same time.

Boomer & Gio
Boomer's Back Talking Olympic Hockey & The MLB Situation

Yeah, of course.