Americas pastime

“Does the MLB need a salary cap”  This topic has been debated for years, so now I thought I’d write what I think. Yes they do, the difference between spending in 2010 for the team with the highest payroll (NY Yankees $206,333,389) and the team with the lowest payroll (Pittsburg Pirates $34,943,000) is $171,390,389. The average player salary for the Yankees was $8,253,336 and the average player salary for the Pittsburg Pirates was $1,294,185. The Yankees finished the 2010 regular season with a record of 95-67 witch was the second best record in the AL East and the third best record in the MLB while the Pirates where 57-105 witch was last in the NL Central and the worst record in the MLB. The best players will gravitate towards the teams that can pay them the most money, and the teams the have the best players will draw the most fans to the games. The more fans that come to games the more money a team will get in revenue and that will always keep the rich teams on top. The Yankees have 27 World Series victories have made 40 World Series and are always one of the favorites to win the World Series, while the Pirates have not made a World Series since 1979 and they are considered one of the worst teams in baseball today. If the MLB started revenue sharing then it would create more Parity in the sport and might turn baseball back into Americas pastime.

Nascar a sport?

"Is Nascar a sport", This debate has been going on for a while and here’s what I think. the definition of a sport according to the oxford dictionary is, an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment, so by definition Nascar is a sport it is both a individual sport and a team sport. While Nascar can be fun to watch, I do not think it is a sport. there is no physical benefit to Nascar, the physical exertion consists of sitting in your car for hours and withstanding the high tempters of the track. Nascar does require skill, you need to know how fast to go on specific tracks and what speed to take a turn at so you don’t go into the wall. The biggest reason why I do not consider Nascar a sport is the rules, you can win a race but still not get the most points, you can qualify pole but start last if you wreck in practice. If you where to ask 10 Nascar fans what the rules of Nascar are 3 of them might know and if they do know the rules they change all the time. If you where to ask 10 fans of any other sport for its rules 7-10 would answer right. Nascar is fun to watch most people only watch hopping to see a crash.  Its also a great marketing idea, where else will someone pay $30+ for a shirt that advertises Lowes or some other company.