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Originally Posted by bronco67
I like the salary cap. It would be pretty hollow for a team to win just because they bought the best money could buy. Building through the draft creates parity in the league.
Maybe the best players aren't always on the best team, but at least those players give those crappy teams a chance to be better. Look at the Texans and Arian Foster-- no way they would have all of those wins without him being the league leading rusher this season. Now that they have the running game situated, they can build around him. That's how you create a good team, not by just buying the best free agents. Baseball needs to have a cap also, so the Yankees can't go chasing after players like Cliff Lee just because they can afford it.
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baseball will never have a cap. So teams like my Rays will occasionally field good teams but will eventually have to let go of their best players beause they can't afford them like the Yankees and Red Sox. And this is why basbeall is not longer America's pastime and will soon fall behind even the NBA in the coming years.
The teams on top want to keep their advantage. Many of the teams on the botton do not want a cap either. A salary cap will also mean a salary FLOOR which will require teams to spend a minimum amount. Teams on the bottom either can't or won't want to do that. The NFL gets many more BILLIONS in TV contracts than baseball does. So it's easy to have a $150 mil cap. most TV money in baseball come form LOCAL TV. Obviously a team like the Yankees pull in much more TV revenue than say Cincincatti since NY is so much bigger than Cincy is.