DRB WC #1: MLB Salary Cap?

Some will argue that because of the Yankees huge payroll, they have won approximately a quarter of all the World Series,

Who are these people? Do they post here? This is like me saying “some people think the Earth is flat.” Sure, some people believe this but they aren’t creditable or worth mentioning at all.

but I don’t believe that the salary cap has that much to do with teams winning or not winning the World Series.

What salary cap? There isn’t one now. I thought rephrasing it would help, but the entire premise requires more than a sentence to adequately articulate into something worth reading.

1. A salary cap would not prevent a potential relocation of the Rays. If the team moves, it’s because it doesn’t have the necessary financial support, not because there are teams spending larger totals. The salary cap leagues have all moved teams in recent years(compared to baseball) and will probably move more.

2. It doesn’t prevent star players from moving if they want to. It may slow it, but it will still happen. Players are going to go where they want to go. We just went through it this summer in the NBA & may soon again(ugh).

3. A salary cap will still be circumvented. Somehow the teams will find loophole. Whether it’s long-term deals, accepting less money or carefully wording contracts.

4. Letting teams do what they want is best for the sport. Putting rules on spending would hurt more than help. It would not change revenue streams so the Yankees still would be at a huge advantage or just become even richer. If you want to grow baseball, grow interest in the other teams, which has little to do with spending. NFL is king because football is king and people don’t care who is playing unlike baseball. MLB would be better served making other teams interesting to watch besides about 10.

And look out for a restaurant called “Longo’s” opening at a venue near you.
 I can’t see it working as much as we would all want it to and how are the MLB going to police it? it is very easy to wrought the system through underhanded deals. Here in Australia the best football players either own real estate or pubs. Some have been investigated but there is enough loopholes in the law from anything ever happening about it.
The other thing to consider is do the MLB want to lose their cash cows in the richer clubs? They get the bums on seats because they win more often than not so will they really want to lose that? Plus there are merchandise and TV rights deals all which effect the landsacpe in the overall scheme of things. There is way too many things to consider before deciding whether capping would be a viable way to go.
As much as it would be great to see a more level playing field for all teams to compete equally, i doubt it will ever happen.