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ROFL

LMAO

So true

There is no single position in baseball as vital as a QB1. Not even a front line starting pitcher is that important to the success of the team. Add to that the fact that out of 32 NFL teams only 12-14 teams actually have a good to great quarterback, and you have lack of parity that cannot be easily overcome.

The when big market teams poach the players you developed and pay them more than your entire roster, it's not balanced.

Plus the fact that it was on a random cable sports station that I didn't know I even had until the playoffs started.

People can cry about this all they want, yet baseball has more parity than any other sport.

Bingo

This isn't just about the chiefs. The nfl has given an extraordinary advantage to any team with a franchise QB. It was already big before all the pass friendly rule changes.

Again, the mlb had a chance to make a similar decision by cracking down on defensive shifts. It would have improved ratings. But they didn't.

Sure is.

And that's a sport sans salary cap.

If you have a QB, you win in the NFL. Sure, you get a team like the Bengals, and Broncos, but Packers, Patriots are hands down going to the SB. It would take a miracle for both not to.

The "new" market inefficiency is young players. In the post steroids era, older players aren't as valuable. KC may run into an issue here as we've traded away some youth at the deadline and have, somehow, been shut out of the competitive balance drafts.

Perhaps, but the Dodgers are going to be in the playoffs every year because they can buy at least two front line starting pitchers for any particular year.

The advantage teams used to have with elite hitters is gone. So yeah, you have teams that can buy their way into the playoffs but they look like the redskins. A dysfunctional mess and a ****ed up team culture. The Yankees made the playoffs, interestingly, by following more of the Royals model. Investing in scrappy players who play excellent defense.

Sure, but eventually the dead wood drags you down. In Baseball drafting and scouting FOs are now king.

That and the collapse of the Orioles this year.

I don't buy as much that steroids was as big of a factor. Billy beane was once again a bit of an innovator and realized you can gain advantage by stacking with defense. And now you have managers who are really crafty with their shifts. It's made it really hard now for power hitters to hit for average now that the infield is forcing them to hit more stuff opposite field.

The mlb can take that away tomorrow and you'd see a power surge. But for a baseball purist, it's not nearly as exciting as what we are watching now.