Word: caps
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...punches Dodger catcher Chad Kreuter, steals his cap, igniting player vs. fan brawl...
Like many great ideas, it was conceived by someone without the good sense to know it was impossible. In mid-1999, the laid-back, 18-year-old Northeastern University dropout Shawn Fanning--nicknamed "Napster" for the nappy hair under his omnipresent baseball cap--holed up for days without sleep in his uncle's office, tapping out code for a music-swapping program. He didn't realize that the task was too hard, that people were too selfish to share, that big companies would shut him down. By the end of 2000, Napster had upended music's business model, survived...
...biggest benefit of a salary cap is the parity that would immediately race across Major League Baseball. After three years of a salary cap in the NFL, the bad teams became good and vice versa. The resident bottom dwellers (the Rams, the Falcons, and even the lowly Buccaneers!) rose to the top. Recently, the Saints and the Ravens have shown themselves to be Super Bowl contenders...
...Where is Pittsburgh? Out of the playoffs, out of the playoffs, out of the playoffs, out of the playoffs. The class of the NFL has been forced to taste a piece of humble pie. The 49ers won 10 or more games for 17 straight seasons. Institute a salary cap, and hello No. 3 draft pick...
Critics of the salary cap say that if a team does not generate fan support, it therefore should not be competitive. Yankees fans will argue that the reason their team wins is because their fans pay up and sell out their games. They point to the lowly crowds that amass in Minnesota, Oakland, and Montreal, saying, "see, no one cares there! They're not entitled to a good team...