Quote bezzerscr="bezzerscr"The 1994 major league baseball players strike was because the owners wanted a salary cap that the players union refused to accept.
It ended after many court, Congress and even then president Clinton interventions with the owners being forced to withdraw the suggested salary cap and replace it with the luxury tax that still exists today.
In fact only NFL and NHL have a full salary cap in place the NBA use a mix of salary cap and luxury cap.
For those that don't know the luxury tax system basically it works by allowing clubs like the Yankees to spend over a set limit by however much they choose but for every 1$ over they add another $1 to a central fund that's divided amongst those clubs that can't spend up to the limit.'"
That's not the full story though - the MLB also uses a revenue sharing system, which takes a % of net local revenue into a central pot, and divides it amongst all teams in the league. This is aimed at assisting those clubs who don't have a large local market, to stay competitive with those who do.
As I said - a SC in and of itself is unlikely to be ruled as unlawful; but the RFL could do a much better job of implementing their SC - and there are examples for them to work from if they were so minded.
