Whatever the richest team in the league pay in salaries, half this value must be donated to the poorest team. Same for the second richest and the second poorest and so on.
Richest means the biggest payroll after the players are subscribed.
This could create a balance, since you can't spend too much without consideration the +50% penality. And the teams paying these values should consider it an investment in the quality of the league, which will increase overall returns.
What you're describing is a "luxury tax," and the MLB has it. It's something like 20% of the contract value over a certain payroll threshold, with increasing charges the farther above you get.
The money collected from that doesn't all go to the other teams, but a meaningful chunk of it does.
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Whatever the richest team in the league pay in salaries, half this value must be donated to the poorest team. Same for the second richest and the second poorest and so on.
Richest means the biggest payroll after the players are subscribed.
This could create a balance, since you can't spend too much without consideration the +50% penality. And the teams paying these values should consider it an investment in the quality of the league, which will increase overall returns.
What you're describing is a "luxury tax," and the MLB has it. It's something like 20% of the contract value over a certain payroll threshold, with increasing charges the farther above you get.
The money collected from that doesn't all go to the other teams, but a meaningful chunk of it does.