Salary cap

In sports, a salary cap is a limit on the amount of money a team can spend on player salaries, either as a per-player limit or a total limit for the team's roster (or both). Several sports leagues have made salary caps mandatory, both as a method of keeping overall costs down, and in order to balance the league so a wealthy team cannot become dominant simply by buying all the top players. Salary caps are often the major issue in negotiations between management and players' unions.

Salary Caps in minor sports

Salary caps are common in North American minor leagues in many sports. In Arena football, which is probably best characterized as being too big to be a true minor league but not truly a big-time sport either, the current salary cap is $1.82 million per team. Tampa Bay Storm head coach Tim Marcum was recently fined and suspended by the Arena Football League for four games (two in the 2005 season, two in 2006) for salary cap violations.

Related Topics:
Arena football - Tampa Bay Storm - Coach - Tim Marcum - Arena Football League - 2005 - 2006

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The Canadian Football League, a minor league in relation to the NFL but the top level of football in Canada, also has a salary cap. However, amongst sports analysts, the CFL's salary cap is well-known as being more of a guideline which few teams adhere to. The CFL salary cap currently hovers around CDN$2.55 million per team.

Related Topics:
Canadian Football League - Canada - CDN$

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