Ohtani Signs for 10 years/700 Million

[KC_Lee]

Originally Posted by IowaHawkeyeChief

This is why baseball is dying... no hard salary cap and big market teams can buy championships and every few years a small market team makes it interesting...

Hard salary cap, coupled with an equally hard salary floor. Owners can't be cheap or simply buy all good players. Parity increases, smaller revenue teams have a better shot and playing relevant games later into the season, potentially more eyes on the games translating to better ad revenue.