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Originally Posted by PRangerX
Actually eliminating the cap would help teams build quicker. Before the cap was put in place even smaller market teams were spending big money on draft picks and international players. Most small market teams can still afford to spend millions on the draft. The system was starting to police itself before they changed it.
They need to speed up the game for younger viewers. So a pitch clock and new extra innings policy should be attempted. There is no reason why a 18 inning game should be played in april or may. Its overkill for the casual fans.
Boston and New York could support more teams. And it would add more rivalries. Not to mention create more completion for high payroll teams. Particularly in New York and Boston. That said it would be hard to pull off with strict territory rights rules in place.
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true but it's not a hard cap and if the cap was no more teams could spend however much they would want which would be bad.
Yes it's annoying having long games but you don't want pitch clocks or a new extra inning format to be the deciding factor on whether you're a contender or pretender I mean you can lose your season in April just as easily as you can lose your chance in August or September.
I'd think it would be better to go with a new team in another state since the territory rights wouldn't be as tough to get around in those cases I mean in the case of any New York teams you would have at least 2 New York teams to reach a consensus with.