what should the salary cap be?
this would stop teams from overpaying?
there would be more talented even teams?
yankees would not be as dominant?
2006-07-24 07:08:04 · 9 answers · asked by chuxs d 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
There should be a slary cap for every job. I can see ceo, celebrities, sports stars, etc mak9ng millions but not tens of millions per year. We as consumers are the ones who pay for it. Ticket prices are outrageous. Anybody who makes it that big is living beyond their wildest dreams, if they were making hundreds of thousands or a few million, they would still be living beyond their wildest dreams.
2006-07-24 07:16:00 · answer #1 · answered by Frank L 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If it had been done a long time ago, maybe. But the problem is that you will run into situations now where if you implement a salary cap, it still would not produce an even amount of spending. Teams like the Marlins are only spending $14M for their entire roster this year. Do you really think if they had a salary cap of $90M that they would spend the full amount? No, they would still spend $14M. That would just mean the teams who are playing the big name players would not have as many big name players playing for them. And since the smaller markets would not pick up some of these other high dollar players, then we would have a bolus of waiver wire players out of a job. How does that help baseball. It is too far gone at this point.
2006-07-24 07:33:40 · answer #2 · answered by Steak 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, there should be a salary cap in baseball and it should average out between the team with the highest payroll (Yankees) and the team with the lowest payroll (Marlins). That would make the salary cap level for all teams to be under. It takes away from the rich and gives to those that have less (Pittsburgh, Minnesota, Florida) and it helps MLB balance out its power struggle
2006-07-24 07:51:43 · answer #3 · answered by Michael_D_Miller 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a salary cap in baseball. Its just that its not the same like in every other professional sports league, where teams arent allowed to spend over the cap.
In baseball, if you spend over the cap, all you do is pay luxury tax. Money collected from the tax is pooled, and a portion of it is shared by the rest of the league.
2006-07-24 07:44:33 · answer #4 · answered by ~O.N.E.~ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Remember that a salary cap doesn’t mean an even talent pool. However, what it will do is what is has done for football, made everyone the same a bunch of .500 teams. I do agree that they need to do something so smaller market teams like Pittsburg can actually field all-stars for more then a season or two.
2006-07-24 07:27:33 · answer #5 · answered by hair_of_a_dog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a Royals fan so obviously a salary cap would help us but I still don't know if I would like it.I think everyone loves to hate the Yankees so if thehy Yankees weren't the "Yankees" because of a salary cap then I think it would eliminate a big part of the game.I don't know...its a hard thing to decide.
2006-07-24 12:00:35 · answer #6 · answered by royalsgirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There Should be a salary cap as well as a salary basement so teams would have to pay a minimum too...
2006-07-24 13:24:52 · answer #7 · answered by josx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely.
The salaries in baseball are obscene. Alex gets 25 Million a year compared to a school teacher paid around 30 thousand. I don't think Alex could teach your kids and that's much more important than a kids game.
2006-07-24 07:44:12 · answer #8 · answered by Oz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is already an unooficial salary cap, and the yankess are not dominant anymore, how long has it been since they won a world series? or even been to one? my point exactly.
2006-07-24 07:38:12 · answer #9 · answered by mikemusic19 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋