I think it is madness. It is not what you would have if there was any reasonable balance between academics and athletics.
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I think that the NHL is ripe to have some franchises move. Hartford is a viable area when it comes down to that. To be in the Northeast, in New England, with hockey, is viable. I think the economics of the league have stabilized. They're not perfect, but they're a heck of a lot better than they were. I wouldn't draw the conclusion that Hartford can't work. In fact, I think I'd draw the opposite conclusion. I think it's a much stronger location than several of the cities that are currently hosting NHL teams. And I know that there's a lot of talk about franchises moving around. I don't think it's a slam dunk, but I think it's very viable.Andrew Zimbalist
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Nobody ever said that the only thing that determines success is salary, is payroll. Certainly, the A's have demonstrated that. But as long as you have a wild-card system, it's possible for a number of teams to be in it.
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Baseball does have some slack here. When they were losing 20 million a year in Montreal, there was some pressure to get rid of it. But as long as they are profitable in Washington, there is less pressure. They've got eight bona fide 450 million offers to buy the team, and those offers aren't going to go away soon.
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But in terms of the competitive balance, that's very problematic. It's not likely it's going to have any significant effect at all. We still have a highly significant correlation between payroll and performance. That's really all we're talking about.
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