NFL Salary Cap Vs. MLB No Salary Cap

by AlaskanCard on Feb 26, 2011 10:14 PM MST

Hey all, figured I throw a point of conversation out there since there's not much else to talk about and also because I'm interested in everyone's thoughts. Do you feel the NFL has the right idea imposing a salary cap on the league or would you prefer a none capped league ala MLB. This is a discussion/argument my wife and I get into all the time (I love being able to argue intelligent sports with my wife :) and I feel the salary cap is a good thing and keeps teams from becoming powerhouses like the Yankees. The team with the most money might not always win, but they have the most opportunity to win. It keeps parity in the league and any given team can win any given sunday/year. My wife feels the salary cap is a bad thing because it destroys teams. Favorite players end up leaving a team because that team doesn't have the space to afford to keep them (She's a Ravens fan and is a little bitter about losing Trent Dilfer after their Super Bowl.) It also allows teams to keep players who love the team and want to play because they love playing. She also loves the idea of a huge underdog stepping up to beat the heavy favorite which is more plausible in MLB than the NFL (Dimondbacks vs. Yankees). So what are your thoughts. I know that non capped might work well in MLB and not NFL and vice versa, but if you could have an uncapped NFL, would you want it?

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What is the ideal salary cap situation?

Cap both NFL and MLB

22 votes

No cap for NFL or MLB

1 votes

Cap for MLB no cap for NFL

0 votes

Leave it the way it is

7 votes

What the heck are you talking about???

1 votes

31 votes | Poll has closed

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I voted leave it the way it is

But probably should of voted for cap for both. In a no-cap league, in the end, it’s the team with the most money. In that case, people like the Nets owner (NBA) could rule the league, because they’re billionaires with money lying around.

by Skii on Feb 26, 2011 10:41 PM MST reply actions

Cap for both

I’m also getting pretty sick of all the superstars in the NBA trying to join up with other teams.

Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Phoenix Suns/Chicago Bears fan [I have always lived in Arizona, dad is from Chicago].

by JoeCB1991 on Feb 27, 2011 10:29 AM MST reply actions

Actually thats what started the conversation.

In a few years, the NBA is going to have 10 teams if they don’t change something.

by AlaskanCard on Feb 27, 2011 10:47 AM MST up reply actions

Its bad for the NBA

Especially the smaller market teams. If they have a super star, he is probably going to want to move on to some bigger market team with his buddies instead of staying with the team that drafted him and trying to build a winner there.

They need to get something like the franchise tag from the NFL set up for the NBA.

Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Phoenix Suns/Chicago Bears fan [I have always lived in Arizona, dad is from Chicago].

by JoeCB1991 on Feb 27, 2011 1:23 PM MST up reply actions

I love the competive balance of the NFL

Going into any season every team has a reasonable chance at success. A season hinges on lucky breaks, injuries and putting it all together at the right time. Over a few years even a bad team can build a championship level team.

Baseball is lame, every free agent signing goes to NY, Boston or Philly. The Pirates aren’t closer to a pennant today than they were 10 years ago. Maybe 5 teams have a legitimate chance to win the series this year makes it pretty hard to give a damn for the rest of the league. Put in a cap, set it up so everyteam has a happy mix of stars and youth.

Football had it figured out and the league thrived, but now the idiots want to kill the golden goose.

Chicago Cubs - Arizona Cardinals 167 combined years and no rings
I guess I'm a masochist

by TBru on Feb 27, 2011 5:22 PM MST reply actions