PARITY IN SPORTS

MLB Commissioner

Parity, it is a funny thing! It makes a fan get up in the morning and want to root, want to have an interest in their team, and it makes him a better fan, more up to date, aware of what is out there in terms of the competition.

No longer are the teams like the Yankees or Canadians, dominating like they once did, because of payroll caps and the hard lessons that the big market teams are learning about how to man your team.

Way back in the 40’s and 50’s, a big city team like the Yankees could overwhelm an owner like one in Kansas City for a final piece in the puzzle to raise a juggernaut and overwhelm the league and win the World Series.

Yankees Brian Cashen

If you notice in the last ten years, many of the divisional races are going down to the wire, there are more races evident and more interest peaked because of the parity that now exist. This is true in all the sports, including NBA basketball and NFL football.

The only thing that can hold a team back today is bad management or ownership. The Yankees have come to realize that they can stay very relevant to a pennant race without overspending anymore, yet a small market team like the Oakland A’s can have a small budget relative to the rest of the league and stay competitive, while the New York Mets, with a big budget and bad ownership loses every year.

But sports are becoming more interesting every year now, the fan never knows if his team will win or not, be champions or chumps from year to year.

That’s all I wrote, folks!