Poll of the Day > wow there's so much parity in sports these days

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Bama
Patriots
Warriors

every fucking year
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Really not the fault of the Patriots or Warriors that other teams are too incompetent to ever challenge them.
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Rasmoh posted...

Really not the fault of the Patriots or Warriors that other teams are too incompetent to ever challenge them.

Ya that one year when they went 73-9 they were literally unbeatable


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The thing is, the US has tons of parity you guys have no idea, compared to world soccer leagues.

They are all successful(warriors coming close, but still nowhere near these leagues) but other teams have a chance. Other teams can and do win. Warriors wont win forever.

The reason for this is because oddly enough, the leagues are 100% based on money. no salary cap, no drafts. The richest always win. in soccer you can buy players outright with cash. in the US you generally need to trade capital(players, picks, sometimes + cash). cash always wins. no drafts meaning you a) scout the best players in the world and use your insane cash advantage to get them at a young age or b) let somebody else develop them and buy them when they're decent and older.

I present to you:

Scottish Premier League

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Scottish_football_champions#Total_titles_won

turkish premier league

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Turkish_football_champions#Performance_by_city_(1924%E2%80%93present)

spain

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Spanish_football_champions#Total_titles_won

Even Gibraltar, for what its worth, take a look at the Red Imps since the turn of the century

200001Lincoln Red Imps (8)
200102Gibraltar United (11)
200203Lincoln Red Imps (9)
200304Lincoln Red Imps (10)
200405Lincoln Red Imps (11)
200506Lincoln Red Imps (12)
200607Lincoln Red Imps (13)
200708Lincoln Red Imps (14)
200809Lincoln Red Imps (15)
200910Lincoln Red Imps (16)
201011Lincoln Red Imps (17)
201112Lincoln Red Imps (18)
201213Lincoln Red Imps (19)
201314Lincoln Red Imps (20)
201415Lincoln Red Imps (21)
201516Lincoln Red Imps (22)
201617Europa (7)
201718Lincoln Red Imps (23)

US fans have it pretty good. except modern basketball but oh well, golden state will never win like 40 in a row like some of these teams

uruguay

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguayan_Primera_Divisi%C3%B3n#Titles_by_club

of note is portugal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primeira_Liga#Performance_by_club

outside of those two teams its been 3 winners only since 1935.

People used to love the dynasties years ago in sports, unless you hated the teams that were successful. I grew up a 49ers fan thanks to Joe Montana, and I have always hated the cowboys.

Now if a team comes close to resembling anything close to the post, so many people can't handle it. So much anger. If a team can "beat" the system on salary caps and free agency plus proper drafting, good for them
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Unlike soccer, these will eventually end.

Watch the NHL.
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