Over at MLB.com there is an article about some major league owners calling for a salary cap. Brewers owner Mark Attanasio says "At the rate the Yankees are going, I'm not sure anyone can compete with them, frankly, the sport might need a salary cap." Oakland A's managing partner Lew Wolff says "I think there's a lot of owners that would like to have that right now." The article goes onto say that with the Braves signing Derek Lowe earlier this week the rest of Major League Baseball has fianlly surpassed the amount of money in free agent signing that the Yankees spent this year: The number is the signing of 58 players equals 491 million dollars, the Yankees spent 442 million on just 4 players!
I think there is something wrong with those numbers and I do believe a salary cap needs to be instituted. Having said that it will never happen. The Players Union will never allow a salary cap, there is just too much money to be made for a salary cap. Baseball cannot afford another strike, there won't be Mark McGwire or Sammy Sosa around to get baseball thriving and if a salary cap is brought up I fully believe the union will issue a strike.
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