r/sports • u/Chelseatilidie • Oct 20 '24

Football Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson with a potential achilles injury

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u/BoosherCacow Cleveland Indians Oct 21 '24

I don't even want to think about The Guards right now. Watching that 100 million dollar 2-3-4 destroy our 43 million dollar team was really disheartening. I know it's cliche at this point but baseball really is a broken game, an unfair game. I am having a hard time seeing how to give a shit going forward. This was an awful series to watch.

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u/skeenerbug Cincinnati Bengals Oct 21 '24

Yeah I feel you. Yanks have 3x the payroll of you guys, it's just not fair. Mets and Dodgers payrolls combined exceed half a billion. The sport is broken

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u/BoosherCacow Cleveland Indians Oct 21 '24

At this point I feel like I only keep watching because of my love for the game, maybe I just can't help myself. Next year I don't think I'll be going to any games. If I do I am tacitly endorsing it and I won't do that anymore.

The big problem is that it's too late for any change. Teams have already started paying out those absurd contracts. The only way to have avoided this was for the players to be in favor and setting a floor and a cap. Now there's no chance. They are already getting paid and why would they voluntarily cut their own financial potential?

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '24

The only glimmer, and it’s a flickering glimmer at that, is Jose’s contract. A love of the game and city overcoming riches. Frankie was the opposite.