In ‘’Top five Reasons why baseball needs a Salary Cap’’ it says,’’Despite Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred's recent suggestion that his sport has great competitive balance, any fan of baseball knows that just isn't true. There are always exceptions, but generally, the teams that spend the most money in the sport on their rosters tend to win the World Series every year.’’This quote shows how every team should have an equal chance of winning the world series. Also, all of the small teams have an disadvantage. Also, not a lot of teams with small payrolls will make it into the world series. For example ’’Since then, only two small-payroll teams have even made the Fall Classic: the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays and the 2014 Kansas City Royals. Both lost to teams with significantly higher payrolls’’ (Mcpherson). This quote shows that the percentage of a small market team getting into the fall classic is slim to none. Lastly, baseball needs a salary cap because small teams will have to grow players through their farm system and that can take five to even ten years. In ‘’Top five Reasons why baseball needs a Salary Cap’’ it says,’’Who says you don't need money to win in baseball? Without a salary cap, these realities will continue to make the sport less popular with fans in cities with teams that have no chance to win, literally and figuratively. Sure, some …show more content…
In ‘’Top five Reasons why baseball needs a Salary Cap’’ it says,’’when it comes to baseball, it's all about the Benjamins, and Manfred is being somewhat facetious to suggest the sport has competitive balance.’’This quote shows that a salary cap will make the game more competitive. Also baseball needs a salary cap because the world series will be fair, for example ’’The 2013 Boston Red Sox: Third in overall payroll at $184M, the BoSox downed the Cardinals and their $124M payroll (eighth). Again, two rich kids arguing over which had the bigger wallet’’(McPherson).This quote shows that money wise it was an unfair series.Lastly, baseball needs a salary cap because payrolls will be equal.In ‘’Does Baseball need a Salary Cap’’ it says,’’Is MLB a fair playing field for all 30 teams without a Salary Cap? The 2014 Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees have enormous team payrolls while teams like the Rays and Astros this year are nearly $200M lower.’’This quote shows how a equal payroll will give a fair chance to all of the teams to get the best