It’s well known in the world of sports that every team has a cap they cannot exceed, except for the MLB. A salary cap is a limit on the amount of money a team can spend on a player’s contract, so that it helps maintain a competitive balance in the league. If it was not for the salary cap, teams with more “mullah”( which means money- in modern English) could simply outspend the other teams in the league for the best free agent out there. The idea behind it is very simple; teams can only sign a free agent if the total payroll of the team will not exceed the salary cap. So the team with more brain and mullah is playing on a better playing field with the others.
Now there are 2 types of caps, the soft cap and the hard cap. The NBA has the soft cap; it’s the idea to allow exceptions. For instant, it can allow a team to exceed the cap under certain condition but in the NBA very few team are ever under the cap anyways. I personally think is horse crap, especially with last season when the Miami Heats were able to not only exceed their cap but also grabbing two of the “it” players in the NBA. Miami, who were ranked 4th highest team cap in the NBA, went down to being ranked at 7th. And worst of all they didn’t even win the NBA finals with all the changes and struggles they went through to get Lebron James and Chris bosh. The soft cap is also not fair for the rest of the team, it’s not only the team suffering with their income, but some players can get traded just so that it fills in the team’s budget.
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| Derrick Rose,Chicago Bulls discussion on the NBA cap |
Some of the NBA stars are not very pleased with the cap and wish it wasn’t there just like the good old days when rookies coming out of college were signed with multi-million dollar deals, but now these rookies make very less on their first year. For instant Derek rose, of the Chicago bulls had mentioned an angry remark during the NBA lockout dispute. He said “Greed is not on our side, we’re not greedy...what they’re trying to do to us is dead wrong. I wish it was back like where it was in the old days where there wasn’t a cap.”
But if there isn't a salary cap and a player is trying to make a decision to what team he wants to sign with for a player like Lebron James for instance, there would be endless offers of crazy amounts of money. It would just get out of hand. Plus if there was no salary cap all of the good players would go to one team for a guaranteed championship! But very good blog, I enjoyed reading it!!
ReplyDeleteSo, I decided to comment on a blog I wouldn't usually comment on...
ReplyDeleteFor not being very implicated in the drama going on in sports, I actually understood most on your blog! From an outsider’s opinion, I think salary caps will bring some fairness to the game; bringing the evenness of the skill level to each team, in result, making it the game fairer. But, I still don't understand why players or coaches need millions or billions of dollars. It shouldn't be about the money it should be about having fun. (That is so cheesy but true). Don't hate on my opinion, I know nothing about the sport besides the basics. Your post was easy to understand; keep up the good work!
I am very glad you enjoyed my blog,and yes it is for sure a big problem in the sports industries. Some people are always in it just for the money and don't realize they are role models for many kids. We just want to see our favorite players entertain us on t.v!
ReplyDeleteI too believe that no cap what so ever would be disastrous. I like the idea that the NBA is trying too implement with the fair cap, being a fan of a not so rich or popular team "Toronto Raptors" I know what it's like having too see my favorite players run from Toronto for bigger better chances at titles as other teams don't respect their cap!
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