NBA Salary Cap

Executive Summary: In this paper we will examine the history of the salary cap structures in sports focusing mainly on the version that the NFL uses. We will also take a in-depth look at the four different areas that makes up the salary cap (Salary Cap, Active Spending, Dead Money and Cap Space) and impact the cap has had on the players themselves. As well as how it has reshaped the teams and leagues itself to help the NFL to grow into the Multi Billion Dollar sports empire that it was become today

Next time you go accusing the NBA of being cheap, take a step back and look at the facts. Thanks to a new report with confidential information, we now know that nearly half of the league lost money in 2016. With players taking home astronomical paychecks, how is that possible? Well, let's look at the facts. THE NBA HAS A SERIOUS MONEY GAP Much like the rest of America, the NBA has a large gap between the rich and the poor. Take the Los Angeles Lakers for example. They accumulated a massive $115

article by Andrew Flint, “The NBA Player’s Association was founded in 1954 with Bob Cousy of the Boston Celtics as the first president. It wasn’t recognized by the owners until 1964 when the players threatened to boycott the first televised All-Star Game” (Flint, 2013). The NBA labor union was created because “prior to the union players in the NBA received no pensions, no healthcare, no pier Diem, no minimum wage, and an average salary of $8,000” (Flint, 2013). In the NBA specifically unions still exist

Professional sports were beginning to be organized in the 1850s. At this point, their salaries, although they were still higher than the average person’s, were not too outrageous. In the 1880s and 90s, baseball players in particular were making on average about $1,750 annually. Even though this was three times the salary of an industrial worker of the time, they were not happy with this amount of money and felt they should be earning more (Baseball n.d.). In the 1970s, the worlds of professional

whether a salary cap should be implemented for each team in the league. A salary cap is an agreement between teams that places a limit on the amount of money that can be spent on player salaries (Britana). Of the three American major professional sports, football, baseball, and basketball, Major League Baseball is the only one that does not have a salary cap. There is more competitiveness with baseball than any other sport. As Demause states, “Depending on whom you ask, a salary cap would save

One of the options discussed would be to cut player’s salaries. Now this could have profound consequences for many directly and indirectly involved. Firstly, the quality of sportsman would diminish. This is a general mental happening that when you reduce a person’s reward for something, more often than not

Are NBA players overpaid? The subject of money can be very controversial when it comes to sports in general. Whether it is the NFL, NBA, or MLB, they all exist because of large sums money. The NBA in particular produces billions of dollars of revenue each year in advertisements, ticket sales, apparel, and other forms. Through these different forms of revenue, a portion of this money goes to all 30 teams in the NBA. In the millions of dollars that each team receives, parts of it go to the owners

It’s no secret that WNBA players are grossly under paid in comparison to NBA players. This article will truly show you how bad this wage gap is. Sylvia Fowles is the reigning WNBA MVP and a huge contributor for the Minnesota Lynx (2017 champs). Just to give you some numbers of what exactly she did last season, she had the top field-goal percentage, second in rebounds per game, second in blocks per game and overall the fifth leading scorer in the league. Sylvia got paid an estimated $109,000 this

Lockouts refer to when owners or management closes their doors to their employees. A strike is when employees refuse to work. In most cases labor unions are born out of unfair working conditions and wages were salaries that may be minimal. One might not think of poor working conditions minimal salary when it comes to the three major sports of professional baseball professional basketball in the National Football League. You look at athletes like Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Peyton Manning, and Alex Rodriguez

sided and all teams have the opportunity to recruit talented athletes. The NFL and NBA do a very good job with solidarity. Both of these leagues have revenue sharing, which helps improve competitive balance across the league. (Miller) If these two leagues didn’t have revenue sharing and no salary cap, all the best players would drift towards the larger market teams because they generate more money. (Miller) In the NBA especially, the small market teams wouldn’t be able to develop their young players