 In August 2010, the Marlins' financial documents were leaked to "Deadspin" and published on the Internet which showed that the team had a healthy net operating profit of $37.8 million in 2008 alone—an amount nearly double the league-low $21.8 million the Marlins spent on team payroll that same year.The documents also showed that they were continuing to turn millions of dollars in profit in the middle of the Great Recession while receiving more revenue-sharing money than any team in baseball by 2009.Analysts extrapolated the data and some concluded that the franchise had profited by more than $91 million in the 3 years leading up to the county commissioners' passing the stadium plan in 2008.