Salary Caps in Sports
Salary caps are used in all pro sports and can impact any team. Caps are imposed limits on the money a team can spend on their players salaries. Salaries in pro sports are becoming out of control and reaching 100 million dollars. Teams are becoming unbalanced and are losing profits. Salary caps should be used in pro sports.
Did you know that Michael Vick now makes nearly 100 million dollars a year?
He is even making this much after missing over two years of football and being thrown in jail for dog fighting. The average salary of a NFL player is about $770,000 yet the average salary for a teacher is about $42,000. Even after players make millions, they can make more from endorsing products. One former NFL player said, "Maybe athletes would try harder if they didn't have such whooping salaries.
Maybe salaries based more on performance would help," Salary caps are already at very large sums. Salary caps help players earn decent amounts of money, but not too much, and should be used in all pro sports.
Teams in all sports are becoming unbalanced. Teams such as the Patriots(NFL) and Yankees(MLB) have become the more powerful teams because of their money. Yet teams such as the Buccaneers(NFL) and Padres(MLB) don't have as much money and haven't made the playoffs in years. Teams with the most money can offer the most money to a player and be more likely to get him
. A pro sports consultant once said , "There is example after example of teams making the playoffs every year and teams just about never making them. When salary caps are put in place, teams become balanced and every team can have a good season,"
In every sport their is a team losing profits and barely making the salary floor, lowest amount to be spent on salaries. Teams lose money everyday due to the salaries of staff and players. When a team has a bad season they can lose fans, and wont get money for tickets, food, and souvenirs. If a team loses to many fans ticket
Did you know that Michael Vick now makes nearly 100 million dollars a year?
He is even making this much after missing over two years of football and being thrown in jail for dog fighting. The average salary of a NFL player is about $770,000 yet the average salary for a teacher is about $42,000. Even after players make millions, they can make more from endorsing products. One former NFL player said, "Maybe athletes would try harder if they didn't have such whooping salaries.
Maybe salaries based more on performance would help," Salary caps are already at very large sums. Salary caps help players earn decent amounts of money, but not too much, and should be used in all pro sports.
Teams in all sports are becoming unbalanced. Teams such as the Patriots(NFL) and Yankees(MLB) have become the more powerful teams because of their money. Yet teams such as the Buccaneers(NFL) and Padres(MLB) don't have as much money and haven't made the playoffs in years. Teams with the most money can offer the most money to a player and be more likely to get him
. A pro sports consultant once said , "There is example after example of teams making the playoffs every year and teams just about never making them. When salary caps are put in place, teams become balanced and every team can have a good season,"
In every sport their is a team losing profits and barely making the salary floor, lowest amount to be spent on salaries. Teams lose money everyday due to the salaries of staff and players. When a team has a bad season they can lose fans, and wont get money for tickets, food, and souvenirs. If a team loses to many fans ticket