SALARY CAP -- please vote for my project

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Re: SALARY CAP -- please vote for my project

Baseball set an all-time attendance record this year and itl is the third most popular sport, behind NFL and NASCAR. And they'll never surpass those two other sports simply because of how the schedule lays out.

Baseball plays every day. Football and NASCAR play/race once a week.

Basically each Sunday is a showcase for the entire sport.

Plus the NFL plays 16 games. NASCAR has 37 races. Baseball plays 162 games. This puts much more emphasis on each NFL game and NASCAR race (also, in NASCAR every plays each other every week, and they're at a different venue each week as well).

And for people that think 162 games is too many are looking at it all wrong. Baseball is designed to be looked at by the series. Winning single games aren't as important as winning the series.

Anyway, Baseball is where it needs to be in popularity. They aren't going to get any bigger.

Granted, there are certain franchises that need to improve their attendance and fan base, but what I think would help more than a salary cap, is a minimum salary cap. Too many teams are so poorly run, and have the money but don't use it. Force owners to actually spend money as opposed to putting in their pockets, and all of a sudden, you've got yourself some more competitive teams.

That may be true, but think about the teams such as the Devil Rays, Royals etc etc. The fan bases are largely from names such as the Yankees, Red Sox and teams that are actually competitive or supposedly should be. I would just think that it'd be better for the whole league in general

[sbmnky]

Re: SALARY CAP -- please vote for my project

I vote no. However, I do feel within the next 20 years we will see a huge shift in MLB. I think the power of the union will slowly dwindle as more and more Hispanic players come into the league. I know there's many Hispanic players now, but eventually MLB will follow the current business models endorsed my many organization - outsource everything. Of course not in the true sense of 'outsourcing' but the majority of player will come from out of the US and will eventually start playing for less and less money.

I was thinking of baseball economic essay myself. However, I wanted to justify/argue smaller stadiums, less games (100 - 4 a week, starting on Thursdays), and less teams. I think it could work and might add excitement back to baseball that we only feel at the beginning and end of the season!

[glucklich]

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OK simple question here. Should the MLB adopt an NFL-style hard salary cap?

My IB extended essay is on economic impact and such of not having one and all those sort of effects. If anyone has any nice ideas or comments please feel free to post em. Preciate yall taking part in the study.

I cant vote on either option without more details. Im in favor of having a cap but only if there is also a floor. The floor is probably more important. Also, the range should be fairly large like 60-150 million. I hate what the NFL has become along these lines. Parity = mediocrity.