In those days, a players salary was based on how he performed the year before. Most players of Mantle's caliber who play today, such as Griffey Jr., Bonds, Puckett, Boggs, Thomas, e.t.c., make that in a month. Flamboyant players such as Jose Canseco, Rickey Henderson, Deon Sanders and Barry Bonds, play for the new Ferrari they have on order. Although baseball players are not the same as their predecessors, I still believe that they deserve what they make. After all, they are entertainers.
Owners have no right determining a price-cap on players salaries.
I feel if owners get an increase in revenue, then the players should share the increased revenue also. If each person in Major League Baseball would stop for a moment and think about the fans, and come to a logical and fair compromise, maybe we would have seen World Series. Owners had a chance to confront the players' union earlier this season, but chose not to. Now the fans will suffer and some fans feel baseball may never be the same after 1994.