in baseball than tom yawkey. he's been in there about 40 years, and he's been trying to buy a world championship for all successful in doing it. uh-- this is a commercial, saying that i was breaking up my team. in reality, all i was doing was making it stronger, for the start of 1977. it's awfully hard to go out and buy ballplayers. the competition is just too tough. >> you think that the salaries are getting exorbitant, or out of line? because it's really not the players that set the salaries, is it? when you come right down to it. it's the law of supply and demand. i suppose the superstars, they can command x number of dollars, and if they bring those people into the ballpark, um-- >> johnny, really, the reason for these-- in my opinion-- astronomical, unjustified salaries for athletes today-- it's not-- it's not the athletes, believe me. [ chuckling ] that go out and offer that kind of money. >> well, you're an owner. >> yes i am, but i don't go out throwing my money down the drain like some of the others do,

in baseball than tom yawkey. he's been in there about 40 buy a world championship for all those years, and he's never been successful in doing it. uh-- this is a commercial, saying that i was breaking up my team. in reality, all i was doing was making it stronger, for the start of 1977. it's awfully hard to go out and buy ballplayers. the competition is just too tough. >> you think that the salaries are getting exorbitant, or out of line? because it's really not the players that set the salaries, is it? when you come right down to it. it's the law of supply and demand. i suppose the superstars, they can command x number of dollars, and if they bring those people into the ballpark, um-- >> johnny, really, the reason for these-- in my opinion-- astronomical, unjustified salaries for athletes today-- it's not-- it's not the athletes, believe me. it's these stupid owners-- [ chuckling ] that go out and offer that kind of money. >> well, you're an owner. >> yes i am, but i don't go out throwing my money down the drain