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Originally Posted by Ragnar
I have several arguments against the salcap rule. But the main one is......it doesn't work. Maybe it works in theory, but in practice it's useless.
Don't compare baseball to football on the pro level and say the cap has anything to do with it. The NFL will always squash MLB.
With the salcap we got our first 0-16 team ever that was not expansion. The year before we got our first regular season 16-0 team. And this season, instead of parity we have a huge disparity. Teams like Washington, Chiefs, Raiders, Bucs, Lions, Browns, Rams, Titans, are absolutely horrible. Then you have the two SB teams, Saints and Pats, the rest are middle of the road teams.
Is this what the salcap is supposed to do? Maybe it is not implemented correctly? Because it has certainly been in place long enough.
No cap or FA system will make up for poor ownership and general management. Because this is the first season I have seen so many teams that are just a waste.
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The NFL creates season-to-season parity through the salary cap and its schedule. Of those horrible teams you listed, I would be willing to bet at least 2 of those teams will be .500 or better next year. I think this is more what the NFL is looking for in terms of parity rather than 32 teams with 6-10 wins every year. Sure poor ownership and front office will defeat these measures as they do in any sport.