Seriously. Do you not understand how stupid your take on this is?
You're working under this weird assertion that other teams being beat by this are failing because they make bad decisions....when if they are making decisions of the same fucking quality as a non tax team, they lose by 8-9% by structure.
The whole point of this fucking system is to take away systemic financial advantage. The entire fucking point.
Your going way way way fucken overboard on this one
These teams had the advantage for decades nobody wanted to play for them , they have created a winning culture now
Some contracts are hardly any bargains , BOBO 10 mil , Sergashev 8.5 etc... if you factor in the tax issue
These are examples of total fiscal disadvantage
Dodgers and Mets 300 fucken mil and 75 % of the league cant touch them for players in free agency
Soto makes more than some franchises this year
GSW spend 400-500 mil on payroll winning titles and most teams cant afford 200-300 on luxury bills
Your crying over 8-9% that mainly affects your core 4-5 players , 8 mil in Florida vs 9.3 elsewhere etc..
Seriously are your Leafs playoff fuck ups because of the 8-9% or the moronic trade deadline deals , bloated contracts , terrible drafting and piss poor asset management that waited too long to change the DNA .
Zito and Nill have done a great job drafting and developing and turning rejects and reclamation projects into solid players
The rest of the league has a smaller margin for error and needs to make much smarter decisions but they can all compete