Yankees Now Own Baseball; Salary Cap to Follow

This is a good article that brings up a few valid points.

Baseball is a sport, and sports are supposed to be games that involve "fair play"; hence the point of a salary cap. A salary cap helps reduce things like this to happen: to make sure that one team doesn't dominate every year because they can use all the money they've saved up to afford all the good free agents.

Now, it doesn't look like the Yankees have many kinks. They were a team who was said to have little to no pitching, and they've recently signed a pitcher who completely turned a whole team around in CC Sabathia, as well as a pitcher who isn't half bad either in AJ Burnett. And on top of that, they've signed one of the best first basemen in the game (offensively and defensively) in Mark Teixeira. Who's next? Derek Lowe? Ben Sheets? The list is endless, until it comes to a point where the Yankees are just too good to sign anyone.

A question as to whether there should be a salary cap or not was never brought up because of the fact that baseball players were not paid as much, and because of the fact that they were paid as much as the common working class... or at least something close to it. Now that the sport of baseball has become a multi-billion dollar industry, players are asking for higher salaries, and therefore, the only teams who would be able to fulfill their wants are teams with high salaries; ie the Yankees, Red Sox, etc.

The purpose of a salary cap is not only to decrease spending by the teams with higher payrolls, but it also increases competition in the league. Look at the Patriots as an example as to why there should be a salary cap in the MLB. One of the main, and very few reasons, they have dominated in recent years is because of the fact that the Pats have been able to bring in role players who work as a team. Usually, when you have players on the same team with large salaries, they let their egos get to them and they butt heads. Just look at T.R. and T.O. on the Cowboys as an example. But because of a simple salary cap, the Pats are still good, but not as good as you'd normally see them, as they're 10-5 right now.

This past season, look who made the playoffs: Red Sox, White Sox, Angels, Phillies, Dodgers, Brewers, Cubs... [and the Rays, but let's not talk about them in this case]. 7 out of the 8 teams have payrolls in the top half of the league, which is the case for [just about] every season nowadays (if not 8 out of 8). With a salary cap, good teams won't be noted as a team with a high payroll: they will be known as a team that involved great teamwork, coaching, and player scouting.

That's what I have to say about this topic. Good couple of thoughts on your part... I thought I'd just share some of mine...

This is completely absurd. How long is the MLB going to justify this lack of a salary cap. These one a season small market teams that surprise people is not enough to justify not getting rid of this extravagant spending. Year in and year out the bit market teams are performing the best. It is time for baseball to get with the times and create a cap.

I long for the day a salary cap arrives.

The big question is, how much should the cap be? $100 million? $80 million? And how much of a hit will the game of baseball take when the MLBPA inevitably goes on strike because of a cap?

There should be a cap, but there are many details that need to be sifted through in order to make it happen.

there will need to be MORE then a seasons worth of baseball missed before the players union agrees to anything close to a salary cap.

Sabathia's a Yankee because the Players Association didn't want him in LA. Three years from now he'll exersize his opt out and go wherever he wants. The chances of A.J. Burnett ever winning 18 games again are far less than those of him becoming the next Carl Pavano.

Even with CC and AJ, the Yanks pitching is so questionable they will likely bring back Andy Pettitte. After Chamberlain and Rivera, the bullpen is a handful of rookies and re-treads, makes me wish they still had LaTroy Hawkins and Kyle Farnsworth.

No catcher, no centerfielder, one of the worst everyday second baseman in baseball, no bench.

The Yanks have four 20 million dollar players, three or four decent accompaniments, and fifteen pieces of crap.

They may lead MLB in attendance, but that's about it. Tampa will naturally regress, Toronto, Boston and even Baltimore improved. The Yanks could just as easily finish fourth as first.

There is no doubt that the Yanks could easily finish third or fourth as the AL East will once again be baseball's toughest division. That, however, doesn't mean MLB doesn't need a cap. Tieing to revenue is the only way to get the players to even think about agreeing to it and it will be tougher in baseball than the other three as the rookie contracts are not as large and very few of them jump right into the majors. In addition, baseball needs to adopt revenue sharing at the same time, so a cap tied to a percentage of shared revenue can work. Right now the only revenue shared equally by all clubs is the revenue from the national media contracts and the digital media arm - MLBAM, which although considerable, helps to foster rather than end the difference between small and large market clubs. Local media revenue is not shared and can be considerable, especially in large markets.

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I dont think a salary cap would solve the problem of fairness, I think you need to add a 2 teams to make it 32 teams. Add 2 playoff spots so there is 12 of 32 who can make the playoffs and instead of restrict a players earnings realign teams based on payroll spent. example:

Yanks, Red Soxs, Mets, Phils in one division and Teams like the Pirates, Nationals, Indians, Reds in another. This would ensure teams with lower payrolls can be represented in the playoffs. As you spend more you change divisions. This would keep the schedule fresh and teams like the Pirates and Royals would have a chance to play in October.

check out the plan at:

http://thefa...gnment-plan/