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Originally Posted by Goody
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The article uses the most common argument for salary cap:
1. Salary cap leads to parity
2. NFL has salary cap, and NFL is popular. NFL is popular because it has the parity generated by salary cap
The article doesn't really spend any effort proving these hypothesis, and I don't think either one is true.
Most pro-leagues in the US have salary cap, and I don't think there is a proven record of parity. You can't prove that in NFL, let along NBA or other leagues.
There is also no evidence showing parity is important for popularity. College sports obviously are popular thanks to talent not evenly distributed. MLB obviously is still wildly more popular than all leagues with salary caps other than NFL.
It's extremely weak to depends on NFL as a singular example for the success of salary cap. What exactly have salary cap done for NHL? Does it become very popular now since it implemented salary cap?