Author's note: This is my district writing piece. I decided to write about why baseball needs a salary cap because so many times I wonder why the MLB does not have a salary cap when I watch baseball.
It is unfair how some baseball teams can barely get a
winning record when perennial World Series Champions annihilate opposing teams
like a stroll in the park. Just think
how much more enjoyable every game would be if your team always had a fair
chance of winning. This could be made possible if a salary cap existed in Major
League Baseball.
The Yankees alone have spent over two billion dollars in the
last ten years. That is enough to buy 833 Bugatti Veyron Super Sport cars, the most expensive
car in the world. The Yankees have 27 national titles, because they pay their
players four times as much as other teams. Players from around the globe come
to the Yankees because no one can resist how much money they offer. Half of the
top ten largest sports salaries ever are current Yankee players. The other half
of are also current players in Major League Baseball. The Yankees have had a
winning season since 1992. The more money you spend the more wins you will
generate.
In Major League Baseball, it should not be a contest about
which team can spend the most money. By having
teams more balanced in spending, the league can make sure every team in the
league is competitive and has a real chance to make the post-season
playoffs. With a salary cap, teams will
become more equal. If there are more
equal games then more people will come to see those games.
The National Football League does a great job evening out the
teams with a salary cap. The NFL Draft is another thing that is a positive
aspect about the NFL, where better NCAA players get chosen by the teams with
the worse records. All but two teams in the NFL have not made the playoffs in
the last ten years, whereas half a dozen baseball teams have not been to the
playoffs in the last ten years. The NFL has an incredible way of evening out
teams, and now the NFL has grown in popularity and financially. Since the NFL has created a salary cap, the
amount of money they make every year has skyrocketed. If the MLB does the same,
the outcome will be similar. They will
make more money because more people will enjoy going to a baseball game.
The Green Bay Packers have the smallest NFL market yet they
still are capable of contending for the Super Bowl as well as any other team. If
a salary cap is implemented in MLB any team could also do the same. The Milwaukee
Brewers are spending more money to maintain valuable players such as Ryan
Braun, but we still had to give up Prince Fielder and C.C. Sabathia. Because
the Brewers cannot afford multiple high expense players, they will never be able
to compete with teams that can afford these players. A salary cap is necessary for
Major League Baseball.
