Casey Comerford on Universal salary cap in MLB
Casey Comerford
Universal salary cap in MLB
Claims and stances
Transcript
- 0:00 So I was sitting here just watching the Yankees um lose in the playoffs to the Blue Jays and I started to think about one of the most controversial things in baseball or in sports, which is the fact that there's not a universal salary cap for all teams in baseball.
- 0:16 And I don't know, I was thinking about it because the Yankees just lost to a smaller market, the Blue Jays, the Mets missed the playoffs.
- 0:23 Um and I don't know, there the question arose for me, which is saying, is it worth it to implement a universal salary cap?
- 0:30 Obviously, um one of the most major things that happened, Juan Soto signed a fifteen-year, eight hundred million dollar contract, and there's kind of an ethical question there where it's like, is he really worth that much more than the average player who's making, say, one to three million dollars a year?
- 0:45 Um, but in my personal opinion, I think it's great for the game to not have a universal salary cap.
- 0:51 Obviously, football and and basketball both have one, NBA and NFL.
- 0:56 But I think baseball's just a different sport.
- 0:58 Um whereas even teams who have less money to spend on talent can still win.
- 1:02 Look at teams like the Blue Jays beating the Yankees, teams like the Rays who had success in recent years.
- 1:07 Um it's just a different game, and I think that's what makes baseball extra special.
- 1:11 Um and also it allows people for superstars to break out even more.
- 1:15 It's better for branding.
- 1:16 A guy like Otani in Japan um deserves all that money because of the revenue he's bringing in for the Dodgers.
- 1:23 So I don't know, some people argue against it, some people argue for it, but watching the the Yankees who have one of the biggest salary caps um lose to the Blue Jays, and the Mets who have the highest salary cap miss the playoffs, made me think about this question.
- 1:37 And I don't know, in my opinion, I think it's fine how it is right now.