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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
I'm not actually sure the salary cap has allowed smaller markets to remain more competitive...still better than an open cap world but I do think a luxury tax system might actually help more.
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Disagree with your conclusion.
Large market teams are still outperforming the small market teams, in the aggregate, but that doesn't mean the cap isn't working, I would suggest that it means that the cap isn't doing enough. Simply comparing numbers from the pre-cap era doesn't prove anything, because the environment has changed too much.
If the playing field isn't level enough, the answer is to make it more level (for instance, free agency at a later age (which I know the PA wouldn't agree to, so save your counter-argument)), not less. And a luxury tax makes it less. If Toronto and NY could simply spend more and pay the luxury tax to build a better team, they would. There is a reason that the Yankees and Dodgers start every season among the favorites.
(For the record, I think the current system is fine - I think the lack of cups for Canadian teams has more to do with the fans than it does with an unlevel playing field. And we need to be careful to not equate 'Canadian teams' with 'small market teams', as they aren't the same thing)