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Originally Posted by Guthumba
The collapse I was thinking of has less to do with the organization of MLB than it does fan support. The amount of interest and support in the sport has fallen off so much in the last 15 years that is boggles the mind. I think fans will continue to turn away from the sport because of the outrageous salaries, steroid use, free-agency team hopping, and massive budget discrepancies.
I simply fear that, unless something is done to prevent this all from getting more out of control than it already is, no one will care in 20 years...
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The thing is, most of that has happened due to the labor troubles, especially the '94 strike.
Fan support has been rising constantly since the strike ended, so that isn't really a good point.
I would LOVE to see a salary cap in baseball, under certain rules (see
Fair Ball by Bob Costas for the system I support most). However, I honestly don't think it is a critical need right now.