Word: caps
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...that right, babe!). While the NFL continues to have great turnover among its teams, creating a sense of universal optimism (sorry, Ohio not included), Major League Baseball prevents all but about eight teams from competing for a World Series due to a lack of revenue sharing and no salary cap. The National Basketball Association boasts a terrible, day-in and day-out product and the National Hockey League has wallowed in mediocrity for at least ten years. The NFL, with its short, 16 game season, continues to lead the way in attendance, TV ratings, and general, nationwide fan interest...
Efforts to reform the Core began in 1997 with the Core Review Committee. But its recommendations--to add more Core courses in every area, to add the Quantitative Reasoning requirement and to cap enrollment in certain courses--did not go far enough. The addition of new Core courses has been minimal and capped enrollment in some courses has only resulted in students being lotteried out of their preferred option in a certain Core area...
...generators in the Northeast, it has also cast a harsh light on independent power producers and middlemen who rule the wholesale market. To reduce any chance of foul play, the New York State public service commission is considering the implementation of a temporary, $150 per megawatt-hour wholesale price cap. Producers say the cap will discourage investment, but commission chairman Maureen Helmer dismisses that as an idle threat. "The market here will always be one of the most lucrative to build--I can't just see people walking away...
...crafted work of compromise, and Wednesday McCain is scheduled to meet with the new President in an attempt to push campaign finance to the top of the administration's agenda. The bill bans soft money (unregulated funds given to political parties for nebulous "party building" purposes) but raises the cap on cumulative individual contributions to all federal candidates and parties to $30,000 (was $25,000). The legislation also doubles the amount (to $10,000) that individual contributors can give to state party committees for use in federal elections. And as a nod to Republicans wary of the bill...
Sure, the collective bargaining agreement is set to expire soon. Yes, change is needed. And revenue sharing is one avenue that should definitely be explored. But please God, do not let baseball impose a salary cap on itself...