[Penguinfan]

Your right, but only to a very certain point. There is always one or two owners who are willing to spend, spend, spend to get a winner. This practice doesn't always work in the NHL (Washington for example), but it does drive up the average salary when the superstars get those huge contracts, and that is something taken into consideration when other contracts are negotiated, so yes one or two owners can drive up the price for everyone else. If you think Steinbrenner is good for baseball then you must like going into every season where 4 or 5 teams have a legitimate shot to compete for a world series. Look at the NFL, every season some one new steps up and makes it interesting, look at my Steelers, 6-10 last year and going to the playoffs this year. The latter is good for everyones business where the former is good for the rich to get richer.