baseball the pastime
...hout hurting player compensation"(Associated Press 1). That is true but he cannot complain because even if the Yankees have the highest payroll in the league, Boston has the second highest. Even though the Yankees got Rodriguez along with may other great players they did not win the world series, as the team with the highest payroll. "Salaries are not limited on an individual basis but by team, so the restriction is not on the players but on the teams"(Sheehan 1). A salary cap would caude the players to all take a major paycut, and they will not agree to it without a stike. Major League Baseball players went on strike on August 12, 1994 for the eighth time in history. All this was caused by players not getting paid to their standards. Negotiations between the players union and the owners over contract terms has lead to major economic problems, and the absence of a World Series. The owners proposed the players a deal. It was that the players fifty percent of revenues would be cut form the owners existing share. But obvoiosly the players did not want tro share thier revenue. This is what lead up to the strike of nineteen ninety four. Baseball fans surely do not want a nother strike like in nineteen ninety four to happen again, so a salary cap should not be wanted by the fans either. Many people think if their is a salary cap in baseball tickets for games will be cheaper for the fans. "A salary cap is not going to put money back in fans pockets"(Sheehan 2). In order for a salary cap to impact the pri...