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A cap would help. Not just because of the maximum spending amount...but also because there would then be a minimum payroll as well. So teams couldnt just completely tank and spend absolutely NO money (Royals, etc). The NFL is the best league by far in the US, football it is Americas #1 sport...and its not even close. They have a salary cap. Do what they do.
Salary cap won't help. In the NBA, you constantly have the same teams winning the titles. In the NFL, it's really almost always the same teams. There's always a surprising team, but shit there is always a surprising team in MLB to win it all too. The Marlins have done it twice in recent history. The Twins are always in contention and they have one of the smaller budgets. Why? Because their system works amazing. The Rockies have become a threat in recent years, and they're doing it while playing at Coors field with little money too. Of course it will be a bitch when a team like the Red Sox comes along who can spend and knows how to raise young talent. It seems like the Dodgers were heading in that direction with their combination of money and farm system but the stupid divorce is happening. If anything, I would just like to see NL teams face NL teams only...and not face your own division the most...just play each NL team the same amount of games.
Quote from: Javier on April 15, 2010, 01:06:32 PMSalary cap won't help. In the NBA, you constantly have the same teams winning the titles. In the NFL, it's really almost always the same teams. There's always a surprising team, but shit there is always a surprising team in MLB to win it all too. The Marlins have done it twice in recent history. The Twins are always in contention and they have one of the smaller budgets. Why? Because their system works amazing. The Rockies have become a threat in recent years, and they're doing it while playing at Coors field with little money too. Of course it will be a bitch when a team like the Red Sox comes along who can spend and knows how to raise young talent. It seems like the Dodgers were heading in that direction with their combination of money and farm system but the stupid divorce is happening. If anything, I would just like to see NL teams face NL teams only...and not face your own division the most...just play each NL team the same amount of games. I disagree with your comparison with NBA and MLB. In the NBA, 1 incredible player can change a franchise. Look and Cleveland. Look at what Durant's done. they have carried their teams, and they were draft picks. Look at what Kobe did for the Lakers. MLB requires many good players to field a good team. So there has to be players picked up outside of your farm/draft to compete at a high level. Sure there are exceptions here and there. But on average you need the best players at almost every position to compete year in year out. Washington will not win this year even thought they drafted one of the best rookies in years. But in the NBA......well just look at Clevland, Thunder, etc...1 player has made the difference.
# of different Champions from each sport in the past ten years:MLB: 8NHL: 8NFL: 7NBA: 5# of different teams making the finals from each sport in the past ten years:MLB: 14NFL: 14NHL: 12NBA: 11
...The only way to decide this is by winning seasons. Let's take the last nine seasons and see how many teams in each sport has had more winning seasons than losing seasons. In other words how many teams in each sport has finished with a winning record at least five times in the last nine seasons.Major League Baseball9 winning seasons - Red Sox, Yankees8 winning seasons - Cardinals, Dodgers7 winning seasons - A's, Angels, Astros, Braves, Phillies, Twins, White Sox6 winning seasons - Diamondbacks, Mets5 winning seasons - Blue Jays, Cubs, Giants, MarinersTotal - 17National Basketball Association9 winning seasons - Spurs, Mavericks8 winning seasons - Lakers, Pistons7 winning seasons - Jazz, Rockets, Suns6 winning seasons - Heat, Kings, Nuggets5 winning seasons - Cavs, Nets, TimberwolvesTotal - 13National Football League8 winning seasons - Colts, Patriots7 winning seasons - Broncos, Eagles, Steelers6 winning seasons - Buccaneers, Jets, Packers, Ravens, Seahawks5 winning seasons - Cowboys, Giants, TitansTotal - 13National Hockey League9 winning seasons - Avalanche, Devils, Red Wings, Senators, Stars8 winning seasons - Flyers6 winning seasons - Blues, Canucks, Capitals, Hurricanes, Maple Leafs, Sharks5 winning seasons - DucksTotal - 13As I said before, each league has a different amount of teams. The NFL has 32 teams meaning that the 13 teams that have more winning seasons than losing seasons is only 40 percent. The NBA and NHL each have 13 teams with more winning seasons than losing seasons but only 30 total teams, making it 43 percent for them. Major League Baseball on the other hand has 30 teams and 17 have more winning seasons than losing seasons, for a percentage of 57 percent.