I think the salary cap does make it possible for any teams to be more competitive. The teams with the most wins since 2000 are the Yankees, Dodgers, Cardinals, Red Sox, and Braves. Three of those teams are the three biggest spenders in the league year after year. I think we can say with high confidence these three teams will have a better record over the next 20 years than the Pittsburgh Pirates or Detroit Tigers.
The salary cap doesn't mean that there is more parity, but overall it decouples the size of the city and the "luck" pretty well. The Chiefs are the best team in the NFL now - despite the fact they have a small market and an owner with little resources outside of owning the team.
They will be hard to catch up with because other teams aren't allowed to get ahead. That said, I think fans are more accepting of that because the reason is they drafted an exceptional player, rather than the Yankees who are hard to catch up with because they can continually spend on new players.
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I think the salary cap does make it possible for any teams to be more competitive. The teams with the most wins since 2000 are the Yankees, Dodgers, Cardinals, Red Sox, and Braves. Three of those teams are the three biggest spenders in the league year after year. I think we can say with high confidence these three teams will have a better record over the next 20 years than the Pittsburgh Pirates or Detroit Tigers.
The salary cap doesn't mean that there is more parity, but overall it decouples the size of the city and the "luck" pretty well. The Chiefs are the best team in the NFL now - despite the fact they have a small market and an owner with little resources outside of owning the team.
They will be hard to catch up with because other teams aren't allowed to get ahead. That said, I think fans are more accepting of that because the reason is they drafted an exceptional player, rather than the Yankees who are hard to catch up with because they can continually spend on new players.