NFL legend Jason Kelce recently shared his critiques regarding the Los Angeles Dodgers’ impressive back-to-back World Series titles in 2024 and 2025. Kelce, who spent 12 years playing in the NFL—all with the Philadelphia Eagles—knows what it takes to build a championship team. He earned the ultimate prize by winning Super Bowl LII during the 2017 season and earned multiple All-Pro honors as one of the league’s premier offensive linemen.
While Kelce has no ill will toward the Dodgers, he highlights the resource inequality that has given Los Angeles a roster full of star players, placing them well ahead of other teams in Major League Baseball.
“I don’t even hate the Dodgers specifically. I’d do the same thing if I was in their position. I love Freddie Freeman and think Shohei Ohtani is remarkable,” Kelce said. “I just hate a system that allows for such inequality in competitive fairness across an entire league. And them winning two years in a row is just a gross reminder of that. A lot of this honestly is just deep rooted hatred for the Yankees growing up.”
Kelce went on to suggest that a higher revenue-sharing model could help level the playing field. “A higher revenue sharing model would even the playing field to just coming down to what owners decide to spend. Even with that, a lot of net worth of owners is tied up in assets, specifically the team itself, and spending cash above what the team is making, especially mid- to low-market teams, is not as easy as owners who have substantially higher net worths and more liquid assets.”
### What Lies Ahead for the Dodgers After Winning the World Series?
Jason Kelce is right to point out resource disparity as a core issue facing professional baseball. The Dodgers benefit hugely as a big-market team with stars sprinkled all over their roster. Yet, it would be fair for other clubs to have a better chance to keep pace.
Los Angeles has already cemented itself as a dynasty in the modern era. No team had repeated as World Series champions since the New York Yankees from 1998 to 2000, highlighting the significance of the Dodgers’ recent success.
The team’s commitment to winning is evident in key additions like Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Mookie Betts, and Teoscar Hernández, among others.
Looking ahead, the Dodgers will head into the offseason focused on retooling their roster with an eye toward a potential three-peat in the 2026 campaign. Their combination of talent and resources has made them the standard-bearer of MLB excellence — and other teams will continue to strategize how to close the gap.
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