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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I like an NFL where a team from Wisconsin is on an even playing field financially with a team from NY or Wahington DC.
At this pont every NFL fan should feel that if they get a couple of breaks, and draft well, their team has a shot to win.
Compare that to MLB, which has no cap, and how almost half the teams are starting this season knowing they will not win.
The salary cap allows for a competitive balance. As baseball has shown, without that balance smaller market teams will suffer.
IIRC, Irsay had to sell some of his memorablia to be able to pay Paymeton's signing bonus, they were that short of cash.......These may be valid points (I'm not certain I agree) but I think you're missing the bigger picture. There's a cap now because who forced the issue? Which owner decided it was necessary, and convinced one of the other biggest (richest) owners to go along, and which owner sent his son off to kiss the shrivelly bottoms of the putz owners like Mike Brown and Ralph Wilson to get them to sign onto the new deal (not to be confused with the New Deal)?
Now ask: which owner is being kicked around by the NFL and the media. Which owner has a big ol' stick in his pocket to poke--or even beat--Goodell and Company with?
I bet if Kraft was happy right now there'd already be a new deal in place. But him being annoyed?
Personally, I find it funny as hell. Plus which, I really like the idea of the Colties, already being over the cap, having to start cutting people because of lack of funds.
Uncapped environment will ruin the NFL. The salary cap is one of football's greatest salvations. Don't do away with it.
:agree:These may be valid points (I'm not certain I agree) but I think you're missing the bigger picture. There's a cap now because who forced the issue? Which owner decided it was necessary, and convinced one of the other biggest (richest) owners to go along, and which owner sent his son off to kiss the shrivelly bottoms of the putz owners like Mike Brown and Ralph Wilson to get them to sign onto the new deal (not to be confused with the New Deal)?
Now ask: which owner is being kicked around by the NFL and the media. Which owner has a big ol' stick in his pocket to poke--or even beat--Goodell and Company with?
I bet if Kraft was happy right now there'd already be a new deal in place. But him being annoyed?
Personally, I find it funny as hell. Plus which, I really like the idea of the Colties, already being over the cap, having to start cutting people because of lack of funds.
I used to be a big baseball fan when I was younger. The reason I am such a big football fan now is because of how different it is from baseball, most importantly in the area of the salary cap.
I love rooting for the Pats, and I love that they are winning right now, but that won't last forever, and it shouldn't. I love that every team (for the most part) has a chance to win it all every year. I mean, no one was predicting the Giants even being IN the Super Bowl in WEEK 17!!! How can you beat that?
Uncapped environment will ruin the NFL. The salary cap is one of football's greatest salvations. Don't do away with it.
Why not allow the Free Market to determine success or failure in the NFL?
Because not everyone lives in a large market, and part of the success of the NFL is that just about everyone in the entire country has someone to root for that isn't a completely futile endeavor. This is combined with the fact that 99.99% of football players are from this country, and often small towns. Even though football has turned into such a media-driven/big town sport, it retains that hometown element that sports without a salary cap can never match.
I mean, yeah, it's a badge of honor to be a Royals fan because they never win, but is that really how you keep a league relevant and fun to watch for as many as possible?