A salary cap isn't the answer. The players won't buy it. They will only go so far to help the owners resist their self-destructive impulses. And if there were a limit on salaries, the first thing many owners would do is find a way to punch holes in the cap. The obvious answer is for franchises to pool local television and radio income, if not fully, at least in part.
Sharing makes sense, but it flies in the face of the big-market capitalists who have all the cash.
So the struggle to survive will continue in Oakland, Minneapolis, Montreal, Pittsburgh, Kansas City and perhaps elsewhere until a crisis forces the owners to act. Sheldon Ocker reports on the Indians and Major League Baseball for the Beacon Journal.