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Nope - which is why I haven't bought any tickets. Another bad year for the local merchants.There is no way spring training is starting on time.
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100%Players are just so out of touch with sports with not having a floor and a cap. The domination of giant markets isn't good for the sport.
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MLB Players have been out of touch for decades
Service Time would be tricky, given the minor leagues, drafting out of high school and the long period it takes to get players to the majors.It seems like this would be so easy:
#1. Institute a salary cap and salary floor based on percentage of revenue.
#2. Eliminate Service Time entirely. Contracts are from when they are signed at the draft, to a maximum of 5 years. Institute WAR level increases on the 4th and 5th year.
#3. Eliminate Arbitration.
#4. Keep the extra wildcard teams so revenue is higher. Pay playoff bonuses to all players regardless of contract status.
Players are just so out of touch with sports with not having a floor and a cap. The domination of giant markets isn't good for the sport.
The Revenue sharing/salary cap/floor makes the gap between the top and bottom of the other sports less.I don't think it's that simplistic.
In other sports the caps have broken up teams that built appropriately and created a chasm on balancing expensive vets with young talent money while squeezing out average vets
Looking at the conference/league championship games for the past 10 years the NFL has had 21 teams represented (11N/10A), the NBA 17 (7E/10W), the NHL 21 (11E/10W), MLB has 18 (10A/8N)
As for champions in the past 10 years, the NHL has 6, the NBA has 7 with LeBron on 3 of them, NFL has 8 and MLB has 8
This is with the NFL and NHL now having 2 extra teams (NHL between 30-31 teams over this period) and all 3 leagues having a much larger playoff field and advancement opportunity
The issue isn't the number of teams that are in the mix, IMO
The challenge is teams staying in the mix and the bottom end not even trying to be in the mix - which is pretty consistent with the players messaging
The Revenue sharing/salary cap/floor makes the gap between the top and bottom of the other sports less.
Suns went from #1 pick to the finals in what, two years? Salary caps/floors also limit the fire sales that the lower teams have had.