Mitch Mitchell, Ed Lopez, or Noel Campbell might correct me on this one, but
one argument I have heard is that it helps small market teams vis a vis
large market teams. As does revenue sharing, salary caps would limit the
amount a team could spend on players. This improves the position of small
teams, who don't have the large fan base necessary to support a large
payroll.
Of course, it could just be done to enrich owners v players. Baseball's
antitrust exemption prevents most recourse.
Robert Frommer
Research Associate, Progress and Freedom Foundation
Ph.D. candidate, Economics, George Mason University
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
fabio guillermo rojas
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 2:27 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Baseball salary caps?
Question: Is there any reason to support baseball salary caps?
It seems the only thing caps would do is shift income from
players to owners. Some argue for aesthetics: salary caps would
mean that large franchises wouldn't monopolize good talent.
Any other decent arguments?
-f
Robert Frommer (E-mail).vcf
