Do YOU think there should be a salary cap in baseball?

Question

Yankees fan, please answer too! I'm interested in your opinion.

Additional Details

I don't think it happen anytime soon in the MLB. And I'm pretty sure everybody is going to answer yes to this question. What I wanted to know what some Yankee fans would say. So sorry if you've answered this 10 times before

Answer 1

Best Answer - Chosen by Voters

yes

Answer 2

Absolutely not. And I'll explain why (although I'm not a Yankee fan)

1) Salary caps don't work. The main reason to justify them is they promote competitive balance. Well, in the NBA the Celtics and Lakers were the top teams before the salary cap was imposed, and the Celtics and Lakers are pretty much the top teams now. In the NHL it was the Red Wings. Well, the Wings have gone to the Stanley Cup finals the last two years. The NFL had competitve balance before it imposed the cap and it continues to have competitive balance with the cap. They achieve that by scheduling - weak teams get to play lots of other weak teams and suddenly their record is better.

2) A salary cap is just an artificial line that divides how much the owners have to pay out and how much they get to keep. So implementing a salary cap just helps owners keep more for themselves. Personally, when I buy a ticket, I'm paying to see the players not the owner.

3) Salary caps punish success and reward failure. I have a fundamental problem with that.

Now, does baseball economics cause some problems? Yes, I'll definitely agree with that - but a salary cap is not the solution. I think the solution is for baseball to improve revenue sharing - continue the luxury tax and follow some of the NFL's lead on sharing of television revenue. And couple that with minimum salaries so that the Pittsburgh's and Kansas City's stop selling their young talent and actually build competitive teams.

Answer 3

no. i dont.

i DO however think there should be a rule that states that the lesser market teams, who receive the over 200 million dollars a year from the higher market teams, (luxury tax/shared revenue, etc) MUST use that money to invest in players for their teams and make their teams better, thereby creating a bigger fanbase and bringing in more income. i want this to happen because the owners are all just pocketing the money instead of improving their teams and creating a decent fanbase.

oh, and i AM a yankees fan.

Answer 4

No.

Are there teams spending a lot of money to field a team? Yes.

But there are more teams pocketing money (hand over fist) and are not using it to improve their teams. Teams like Minnesota, the Mets a few years back, Florida Marlins (refuse to sign anyone to a long term deal). How did the Pittsburgh Pirates afford to build a new stadium a few years ago but they can't afford to get talent?

If there's going to be a salary cap, there needs a to be salary FLOOR. Also, there needs to be stricter rules in place to force teams to spend the luxury tax/shared revenue dollars. Many of these teams take that money and it never gets spent on a free agent or a re-signing of a current star.

Answer 5

They've never had one before, so why start now?

I don't blame the players, I blame the fans that are willing to pay the outrageous prices to go to the ballpark. One poster in this forum comments on how it cost him $10 for nachos and bottle of water when he went to a ballgame this past summer.

People should just stay away from these professional sporting events and maybe MLB would get the message that folks are fed-up paying the enormous salaries for a bunch of guys to play a game.

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Answer 6

should your job have a salary cap?


and even if there was one teams in the big markets like NY chicago and LA will still have the best teams cuz thats where players want to play. they are bigger stars there and get more endorsement money. why do you think lebron wants to go to NY.

Answer 7

Pay attention. This has been asked here dozens of times. It isn't going to happen, because the Players Union will not allow it. They are too powerful an organization, and too greedy, to agree to a salary cap.

Sarge

Answer 8

No. The Yankees, or any team, should be able to do whatever they want with the money they earn. And it really shouldn't be our business to know the exact figures of every player.

Answer 9

There should be, but I don't see it happening

Answer 10

Yes, Big time. Its the reason why Yankees have 26 championships, and going for number 27. The nearest team close to that mark is St. Louis.
And I think they got like 10 rings.