Redman
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The question was posed in another thread about installing a salary cap. Where each team would each team would be required to spend league minimums (floor) and maximums (ceiling). The general idea is to stop the large market teams that are rolling in revenue from "buying" championships and to level the playing field and make the smaller markets more competitive.
While on a jog I got to thinking about the question and I was inspired to look this up on the internet and found some interesting articles on this topic -->
http://www.athbaseball.com/20100304206/2010-archives/march/mlb-salary-cap-debating-the-merits.html
http://www.benfry.com/salaryper/
IMO I would think it would be disastrous to install a salary cap. The teams that don't have a steady and diverse revenue stream would be forced into the brink of bankruptcy. The smaller market teams would spend so much on fielding the team that they wouldn't be able to attract the good scouts, coaches, etc ... The large markets would have a distinct advantage here and would be able to better identify prospects and pay for top notch managers. In the end, I think the large market teams would actually win more championships w/ a salary cap.
While on a jog I got to thinking about the question and I was inspired to look this up on the internet and found some interesting articles on this topic -->
http://www.athbaseball.com/20100304206/2010-archives/march/mlb-salary-cap-debating-the-merits.html
http://www.benfry.com/salaryper/
IMO I would think it would be disastrous to install a salary cap. The teams that don't have a steady and diverse revenue stream would be forced into the brink of bankruptcy. The smaller market teams would spend so much on fielding the team that they wouldn't be able to attract the good scouts, coaches, etc ... The large markets would have a distinct advantage here and would be able to better identify prospects and pay for top notch managers. In the end, I think the large market teams would actually win more championships w/ a salary cap.