Yankees are ruining baseball

The New York Yankess are ruining baseball. Their bottomless pockets are ruining the game to millions of baseball fans around the country. Major League Baseball needs a salary cap ASAP, or MLB will be ruined. This offseason the Yankees have spent almost $430 Million, on 3 players. C.C. Sabathia, A.J. Burnett and Mark Texiera. Last season they spent $250 million on Alex Rodriguez. The New York Yankees don't even care that they are ruining baseball for millions of fans. If you're a fan of MLB then we all need to find a way to show baseball with our displeasure on how it's operated. I know the Yankees fans are happy, and they should be. I'm not saying that the Yankees shouldn't attempt to put out the best team possible, because they absolutely should. But the fact remains that several teams can't afford to make these offers to players. If MLB continues to operate this way, then they should just start getting rid of teams like the Kanses City Royals who have no shot of winning a World Series EVER. The luxury tax doesn't work. the only way to make things work is for MLB owners to have a lockout. (Which both New York teams, Red Sox, and Angels would all vote against)

In 2004-2005 the owners of the NHL locked out the players. In doing so, the entire season was lost. But it also helped with a competitive balance throughout the league. The players lost a significant amount from this including all player salaries were cut by 24%. No matter how rich you are that's almost a quarter of your yearly salary. Since the lockout fan attendance is up and the game is more exciting than ever before. They put a salary cap in place that could potentially go up every year based on revenues. They also have a floor where all teams must meet a certain amount for their teams payroll. Several teams operate close to this but that just means they don't want to win. Or that they've been managed poorly and are close to being broke.

Regardless of other sports, MLB's system to try and keep the competitive balance fair isn't working. Forcing teams to pay money that they make in a week isn't going to stop them from signing every good player that hits the market. Every fan of baseball should have a team to root for, but also for a team that eventually has a chance to win a championship.