Why Cuban Shouldn't Own a MLB Team...

[Scuzz]

http://aol.sportingnews.com/mlb/stor...belongs-in-mlb

But Vincent doesn't think Cuban is mature enough to own an MLB team.

"The rules are the rules," Vincent said during the radio interview. "I think this enormous criticism—the screaming about officials, the kinds of things that got him fined by David—those are not the actions of a sensible, responsible owner.

"I mean, winning is not everything, and I'm afraid for some of these owners. They get so carried away with winning, they believe that's the objective."

Apparently, Vincent wants owners to be "gentlemen" and not focus so much on winning—the thing that has made the Mavericks and Yankees successful.

I am sure Cubs fans would agree with Vincent.

[Sarkus]

Cuban was much more restrained this year then in the past, in part because his players apparently asked him to take a lower profile. And an owner being able to yell at refs and make other comments in the NBA is totally different then what you see in the MLB, where the owners aren't anywhere near the field while things are happening.

What Cuban brings to any sports team is the willingness to spend money to win, but he seems to have learned (unlike someone like Snyder with the Redskins) is that you have to do it the right way.

[Brian Seiler]

It's been a while since I followed baseball at all, but didn't they have a problem at one point with idiot owners throwing way too much money at players in an attempt to win that ended up screwing things up somehow? I have only vague memories of this, and it might just be that somebody on the radio was jealous because Alex Rodriguez used to play for the Rangers, but if that were the case, I could see Cuban being rejected for ownership.

[Bill Dungsroman]

Yes he's far less responsible than Frank fucking McCourt, who may not make payroll for the Dodgers.

[Scuzz]

Yes he's far less responsible than Frank fucking McCourt, who may not make payroll for the Dodgers.

Exactly...as a Dodger fan I would love Cuban as the owner......

[Brian Seiler]

Well I don't mean that he might not be a step up - just that the owners might not want to let in yet another free spender. Mostly I'm just wondering if I imagined the whole "Yo - owners be spending too much money" thing, which is entirely possible.

[Brettmcd]

In baseball, which of course doesnt have a salary cap, Vincent may be right in his comments. Winning at all costs, spending as much money as you can, will hurt the sport as a whole. As you have just a few teams with such enormous payrolls that smaller market clubs really cant compete with them on an ongoing basis. Just look at teams like the royals and pirates for clear examples of this.

[Bill Dungsroman]

In baseball, which of course doesnt have a salary cap, Vincent may be right in his comments. Winning at all costs, spending as much money as you can, will hurt the sport as a whole. As you have just a few teams with such enormous payrolls that smaller market clubs really cant compete with them on an ongoing basis. Just look at teams like the royals and pirates for clear examples of this.

Yeah but it's already been happening for so long, why exclude Cuban? The more free spenders, the more actual competition there is among the elite clubs. Not that I like the lack of a cap, mind.

[Bluto]

As you have just a few teams with such enormous payrolls that smaller market clubs really cant compete with them on an ongoing basis. Just look at teams like the royals and pirates for clear examples of this.

They may not be able to compete, but why should they bother? Teams like the Pirates make money every year on baseball's luxury tax- it doesn't matter if they win or not.

[Brettmcd]

Well baseball needs both a salary cap AND a salary floor to fix many of its competative issues.

[Scuzz]

Well I don't mean that he might not be a step up - just that the owners might not want to let in yet another free spender. Mostly I'm just wondering if I imagined the whole "Yo - owners be spending too much money" thing, which is entirely possible.

Your probably right as to why most the existing owners would be against him.
But baseball is still, for the most part, a game where a big wallet can buy you big players. They may not win but it helps. However even putting a lot of money into a farm system can reap dividends after a couple years, if you can afford to keep the players you produce.

[triggercut]

If Mark Cuban were to buy any baseball team I rooted for, I'd do cartwheels in the streets.

Deep pocketed, obviously smart owner with passion? Yeah, I'll take that.

[Brettmcd]

If Mark Cuban were to buy any baseball team I rooted for, I'd do cartwheels in the streets.

Deep pocketed, obviously smart owner with passion? Yeah, I'll take that.

But if he goes all out trying to be another Steinbrenner the sport as a whole will suffer because of its current rules. I dont see that as a good thing. But I agree if all I cared about was how my team does and nothing else I would love it.

[corsair]

Mark Cuban is that mad dog I gotta win damn everything in my path kind of owner. I don't particularly like him because he's one of these owners who thinks it is all about him instead of the team and the sport. He calmed down this year, but even if he hadn't, I'd still say he would be a hell of a lot better for baseball than Frank McCourt. Cuban's enthusiastic, he genuinely cares, he tries - McCourt or Cuban? Easy choice.

For that matter, he's a damn sight better for basketball than The Donald (Sterling of the Clippers). Sterling is a mean-spirited, classically sleazy lawyer, who will break any deal as long as it suits him and holds that the truth is a mutable thing that bests serves the richest and most powerful. Give me an obnoxious but well-meaning Cuban any day of the week.