I mean, the more I think about it, the more it sickens me. How about a game where there is 'talent sharing,' so that all teams do equally well? (im wretching).
By extension, how about a batter that holds back so that the other team can 'excell' a little?
That would kill the game. And, considering how just about every other 'issue' in this new day winds up being handled -- in a way that noooooo one is offended -- I suppose that is what will happen.
As I stated above, baseball and socialism don't mix. But that won't stop people from trying to mix them, as they do everywhere else.
Is it me -- ribbet -- or is the water in this pot getting warm?
That's not what the NFL does and that's not what MLB wants to do. The NFL's salary cap evens the playing field with respect to salary but it is still up to the coaches and talent scouts to put together and then develop a winning team. There are still plenty of invariables that make the NFL a very exciting game. Who ever would have thought that the New England Patriots would win the Super Bowl at this time last year? This is what makes the game interesting and exciting. Even "tiny" markets like Green Bay and Buffalo have a realistic shot at putting together a Super Bowl contender and what could be wrong with that?
Did you ever play Monopoly? Doesn't everybody start with the same amount of money? Yet it's how you play the game that determines who wins. Monopoly would not be a fun game if one player started with $800 while another started with only $200.