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...love of humanity, Major League Baseball, please get a salary cap...
...baseball took a page from the NFL's playbook, fan appeal would double. No longer would New York be the only game in town. Since the NFL adopted a salary cap, players' salaries can only be so high (bottom line: A Rod and Manny lose, society gains). Ticket prices do not need to be jacked up every year (see: John Harrington) to support the astronomical salaries...
...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...
...First of all, it might be the worst position in politics. From nuclear secrets to oil prices, it's a rattlesnake-herding job in which people only notice you when you screw up. And, like a lot of Cabinet positions, it tends to put a cap on your political career (unless you're defense secretary during the Gulf War or something). If Breaux, who has emerged of late as the media's go-to guy on Senate centrism, is tempted to answer the President-elect's call, he need only look at one person: Bill Richardson...