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Greg Giannotti

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13000 total appearances

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Boomer & Gio
Full Show - Opening Day Right Ahead, Jets Looking For 2nd QB, Nick Swisher Calls In

What I'm talking about is the money that they get from revenue sharing and competitive balance tax.

Boomer & Gio
Full Show - Opening Day Right Ahead, Jets Looking For 2nd QB, Nick Swisher Calls In

They've got to share 49% of it or 51% of it with the players, whatever.

Boomer & Gio
Full Show - Opening Day Right Ahead, Jets Looking For 2nd QB, Nick Swisher Calls In

That's why they have a CBA.

Boomer & Gio
Full Show - Opening Day Right Ahead, Jets Looking For 2nd QB, Nick Swisher Calls In

But a lot of these guys will take that extra money and not put it back at the roster and stick it in their pocket because that's the only way they can make money.

Boomer & Gio
Full Show - Opening Day Right Ahead, Jets Looking For 2nd QB, Nick Swisher Calls In

Because their teams, they can't win, and no one goes to the games, and that's how they run their business.

Boomer & Gio
Full Show - Opening Day Right Ahead, Jets Looking For 2nd QB, Nick Swisher Calls In

Well, the point being, this is why you would have a CBA.

Boomer & Gio
Full Show - Opening Day Right Ahead, Jets Looking For 2nd QB, Nick Swisher Calls In

A CBA has an agreement between the players and the owners to allow the monopoly to exist.

Boomer & Gio
Full Show - Opening Day Right Ahead, Jets Looking For 2nd QB, Nick Swisher Calls In

Sure.

Boomer & Gio
Full Show - Opening Day Right Ahead, Jets Looking For 2nd QB, Nick Swisher Calls In

And, you know, the agreement now does not have, like what Nick was saying, they don't have the floor.

Boomer & Gio
Full Show - Opening Day Right Ahead, Jets Looking For 2nd QB, Nick Swisher Calls In

Like, you have to spend a minimum.

Boomer & Gio
Full Show - Opening Day Right Ahead, Jets Looking For 2nd QB, Nick Swisher Calls In

They don't have that.

Boomer & Gio
Full Show - Opening Day Right Ahead, Jets Looking For 2nd QB, Nick Swisher Calls In

They only have a maximum.

Boomer & Gio
Full Show - Opening Day Right Ahead, Jets Looking For 2nd QB, Nick Swisher Calls In

And he talks that we say it's a luxury tax, but essentially it is a cap on

Boomer & Gio
Full Show - Opening Day Right Ahead, Jets Looking For 2nd QB, Nick Swisher Calls In

And this is where I think Hal Steinbrenner gets in trouble because he uses that as this is the benchmark.

Boomer & Gio
Full Show - Opening Day Right Ahead, Jets Looking For 2nd QB, Nick Swisher Calls In

We're not going past this.

Boomer & Gio
Full Show - Opening Day Right Ahead, Jets Looking For 2nd QB, Nick Swisher Calls In

And everybody gets all up in arms because the Dodgers don't care about that.

Boomer & Gio
Full Show - Opening Day Right Ahead, Jets Looking For 2nd QB, Nick Swisher Calls In

They blow past it.

Boomer & Gio
Full Show - Opening Day Right Ahead, Jets Looking For 2nd QB, Nick Swisher Calls In

Sure.

Boomer & Gio
Full Show - Opening Day Right Ahead, Jets Looking For 2nd QB, Nick Swisher Calls In

And now there's pressure on Hal Steinbrenner to go through that.

Boomer & Gio
Full Show - Opening Day Right Ahead, Jets Looking For 2nd QB, Nick Swisher Calls In

Think about the pressure on him from the fan base.