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One can only hope.....Originally posted by: Saulbadguy
Also, I imagine if their was a salary cap, the players union would have none of that, and go on strike. End of baseball.
One can only hope.....Originally posted by: Saulbadguy
Also, I imagine if their was a salary cap, the players union would have none of that, and go on strike. End of baseball.
The season is way too long. I agree.Originally posted by: BlinderBomber
Hard cap the game, reduce the length of the season (significantly)
Originally posted by: BlinderBomber
Hard cap the game, reduce the length of the season (significantly)
I agree, the hard cap SUCKS ASS. Being forced to cut players you want to keep and should be able to keep isn't my idea of fairness or "parity". I think an organization should benefit from its ability to judge young talent, be able to build a core of young players, and then keep most of them together as long as the team wants them.Originally posted by: Argo
I don't think hard cap is such a great idea. Just look at NFL. 90% of the teams from previous years playoffs don't make it in next year. Teams are forced to lose their franchise players because they can't afford to keep them.
Any cap is going to be nearly impossible to get through the players' union, but a soft cap is better than a hard cap.I think a soft cap is a better idea, maybe better revenue sharing scheme. And contract a couple of teams, especially the ones where owners pocket money - that should improve competetive balance.
Originally posted by: Ladies Man
Everyone keeps yelling about this....
what team won the world series last year, and how much money did they spend?
Originally posted by: Argo
Originally posted by: BDawg
There's a reason the NFL is the most successful of the sports. There are no Yankees to un-balance the league. Heck, there are barely any Bungles or 'Aints.
No, NFL is the most successful because:
1) They have only 16 games (people would rathe miss 1 baseball game out of 162, than 1 football game out of 16)
2) The contracts aren't guaranteed. Make a stupid signing like Rangers and Arod and you can simply release him, without having to pay for your mistake
3) Playoffs are single elimination, so that the worse team has a chance to upset a better one. Does anybody think Pats would've beaten Rams if there were playing best out of 7?
4) Draft. NFL college players are much closer to being pros than baseball. The first 5-6 picks are almost guaranteed to be a superstar, so the the team with the worst record is goign to improve vastly.
5) NFL has a much better marketting compaign and a better media contract. Just think about it - they have the whole day (Sunday) devoted to football, wherein most people don't even know what time baseball games s tart.
6) Of course, salary cap has a lot to do with it too. Teams are forced to part with their superstars because they can't keep them. Just look at Skins and Bailey for example.
7) Better management - Tagliabu is 10x smarter than Selig. Plus, MLB players union has 10x the power of NFL's, thus they can get away with a lot more crap.
So there are a lot of reasons NFL is more popular than MLB and cap is only one of them.
9) Football translates to a TV screen better than any other sport (basketball is a nice fit too, is it coincidence that it's #2?) They play on a rectangular field, almost all the players line up inside a relatively small area that conveniently fits well inside a 4:3 TV screen (16:9 fits the field even better), and have a big ball that's easy to follow with a camera. For actually seeing the plays, a seat in front of a TV screen is better than most seats in the stands.Originally posted by: ElFenix
Originally posted by: Argo
Originally posted by: BDawg
There's a reason the NFL is the most successful of the sports. There are no Yankees to un-balance the league. Heck, there are barely any Bungles or 'Aints.
No, NFL is the most successful because:
1) They have only 16 games (people would rathe miss 1 baseball game out of 162, than 1 football game out of 16)
2) The contracts aren't guaranteed. Make a stupid signing like Rangers and Arod and you can simply release him, without having to pay for your mistake
3) Playoffs are single elimination, so that the worse team has a chance to upset a better one. Does anybody think Pats would've beaten Rams if there were playing best out of 7?
4) Draft. NFL college players are much closer to being pros than baseball. The first 5-6 picks are almost guaranteed to be a superstar, so the the team with the worst record is goign to improve vastly.
5) NFL has a much better marketting compaign and a better media contract. Just think about it - they have the whole day (Sunday) devoted to football, wherein most people don't even know what time baseball games s tart.
6) Of course, salary cap has a lot to do with it too. Teams are forced to part with their superstars because they can't keep them. Just look at Skins and Bailey for example.
7) Better management - Tagliabu is 10x smarter than Selig. Plus, MLB players union has 10x the power of NFL's, thus they can get away with a lot more crap.
So there are a lot of reasons NFL is more popular than MLB and cap is only one of them.
8) the state subsidy to the NFL is much much bigger than MLB. (basketball's is also much bigger, but not as big as the NFL's)