“If the cap includes deferred money, it will leave the Dodgers with Ohtani and five players.”
They are just a face in the crowd. The New York Yankees have exceeded Major League Baseball’s luxury tax threshold (often referred to as a salary cap) in 18 seasons since the penalty system was introduced in 2003 to include the last four seasons. But during that time other teams were guilty of the same thing: Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves, Texas Rangers, Houston Astros, San Francisco Giants, Boston Red Sox, Washington Nationals, and Chicago Cubs.
So putting a cap on MLB is no different than what they had and ignored. And the owners make the rules. Think they will hold themselves to it and punish themselves? Not likely.
wy69
Almost every other sport has a salary cap. And those caps are routinely enforced within the rules.