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But I think the game is more interesting with more competitive opportunity.  I know KC won as recently as 2015, and Miami in 2003; it's not impossible under the current system.  But I kinda like how Green Bay and Kansas City have bewtter, fuller competitive opportunity, Milwaukee Bucks and Oklahoma City Thunder, Pittsburgh Penguins and Minnesota Wild.  I think improving competitive opportunity is good for the game

As a fan interested in the game and competitive opportunity, I think some of the modifications the owner's want is more likely to help than what the players want.  It's not that I "like" billionaires more than millionaires; I just think competitive opportunity is more likely to improve a bit if the next CBA does something to curtail the spending disparity. 

I totally don't believe a salary cap will be accepted by the players, they are super rich and have been stacking money for the lockout for a long time.  Financially they'll be fine to hold out for a long time.  But I do wonder whether, *IF* they would consider some type of super-soft salary cap, whether they might not make a killing in getting concessions advantageous to players.  The concessions for a super-soft cap would be very high.  Shorten FA eligibiliy; arb eligibiliy.  Big boost in salary basement.  Big boost in minimum wage.  *IF* the players would actually concede some kind of capping structure, they could harvest a host of things they've wanted for the last 30 years of CBA's.  The structure of things could change ginormously.  Some of those hypothetical changes might end up being pretty disadvantageous to the Cubs.