Absent some kind of united fan action, the players’ union would be crazy to agree to a salary cap. As long as attendance and revenue keep going up, the owners have no real incentive to fight for a cap either. No one, especially the fans, wants a strike—or, even if the average Joe can’t afford to take his family to a game--to stop watching MLB on TV. As a passionate if caustic and critical Sox fan living in Florida, thank God for the Baseball Package.
The only way there will be a cap any time soon—and true league-wide consistent competition—is if: (As a Sox fan, I have noticed the temporarily over-achieving Rays.)
· The Yankees outrageous spending again results in a few successive years of World Series appearances, and some championships, with resultant renewed outcry;
· With that as backdrop, someone somehow organizes a united fan front, that results in significant fan action which reduces overall MLB revenue—say by an effective boycott of overpriced MLB merchandise—with the sole goal of a cap being implemented.
· The primary driver of the outrageous ticket and concession prices that have driven the average fan and family from the ballpark at the high revenue/exorbitant payroll franchises is corporate attendance, especially corporate season tickets, in the phony guise of entertainment of customers—and with attendant tax deduction as a business marketing expense. Tax deductions for corporate tickets to sporting events, which subsidize the exclusion of the average fan, should be eliminated.
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