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In my opinion, there needs to be a balance. Football's parity is too over the top because of the strict salary cap.
At the start of the season, a fan has almost NO idea who the best teams will be. And even week to week, any team can pretty much beat any other team.
To me, this de-values the Super Bowl. I live in Atlanta, so it was great to see the Falcons do well in the playoffs and reach the SB. But do I think that our program was deserving? Not really. It was like it was just "our turn". At least that's the way it seemed.
I think dynasties are good for sports. The Bulls (then) and the Lakers (now) are good for the NBA. Tiger's good for golf.
The Yankees? Here's where balance needs to come in a little bit. I think they could be GREAT for baseball, but the structure of the sport is so centered on free agency that if George never wants to re-build he doesn't have to. That's the difference between baseball and the others. The Yankees could be the best team in baseball FOREVER. All they have to do is sign the best Free Agents and keep winning. In the other sports, a dynasty will eventually have to rebuild. Not in baseball.
The ideal would be somewhere in between the crap shoot that is the NFL and baseball where the Yankees can win 100 games every year.
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