Salary Cap: team by team

[DJRamFan]

Team - Cap status

Arizona Cardinals - $23.4 million under
Atlanta Falcons - $7 million over
Baltimore Ravens - $22.5 million over
Buffalo Bills - $6.4 million under
Carolina Panthers - $7 million over
Chicago Bears - $11.9 million under
Cincinnati Bengals - $10.2 million under
Cleveland Browns - $8.4 million under
Dallas Cowboys - $7.3 million under
Denver Broncos - $8.8 million over
Detroit Lions - $400,000 under
Green Bay Packers - $500,000 under
Houston Texans - $61.5 million under
Indianapolis Colts - $1.2 million over
Jacksonville Jaguars - $27.7 million over
Kansas City Chiefs - $3 million over
Miami Dolphins - $16.9 million over
Minnesota Vikings - $6.3 million over
New England Patriots - $86,000 under
New Orleans Saints - $6.29 million over
New York Giants - $11.6 million over
New York Jets - $19.4 million over
Oakland Raiders - $19.5 million over
Philadelphia Eagles - $16.4 million under
Pittsburgh Steelers - $9 million under
St. Louis Rams - $3.8 million under
San Diego Chargers - $7.86 million under
San Francisco ***** - $1.2 million under
Seattle Seahawks - $1.6 million under
Tampa Bay Buccaneers - $8.1 million over
Tennessee Titans - $22.5 million over
Washington Redskins - $11 million under

[txramsfan]

This salary cap thing is a necessary evil. Baseball better adopt it or it will be the Mets playing the Yankees and NO ONE WILL CARE ABOUT BASEBALL outside of NY. This coming from a Cardinals fan that used to be able to recite the starting lineups of every Cardinal team from 1964 to 1987.

Anyway, this salary cap is what keeps the NFL the best league in pro sports. Every year, most teams have hope of the playoffs if not the Super Bowl. Baseball has NY and everyone else. In a way, I see Steinbrenner's point. "If I wanted to buy the Kansas City Royals I would have. I bought the Yankees. You bought the Royals. Why should I share?" The reason: outprice everyone, and no competition means no sport. Baseball, its a free for all. Football, everyone has the same fenced in area. Baseball, people know that the Brewers have no shot. Football, couple FA's and the Packers are back in it. Same market.

Go figure.

[DJRamFan]

I totally agree. Baseball will continue to be flawed as long as Steinbrenner and Selig are in there. It's just not worth watching any more. Until the league starts getting hit in the wallet no one will care.

Salary cap in baseball and hockey is very difficult to maneuver but is DESPERATELY needed in both sports. The problem with both is the constant calling up and down of players to the minors to fill roster spots. If the brain trusts really sat down to hammer it out it could be done, but what chance is that gonna happen.

Remove the anti-trust exemption and let the Royals and Cardinals play in the World Series!