NFL

[PinotEnvy]

In baseball it is hardly socialism vs capitalism. A level playing field is good for the game. Teams in the AL East have to overcome the Yankees and Red Sox money. Fans go into year after year knowing they have no shot. They can not afford to keep good players as they get into the prime of their careers and can't aquire the complementary players around them. A lack of hope will lead to fan indifference.

That aside, it is the rapidly rising salaries that increase the cost of running the team. As those costs increase, it is passed on the the fan with higher and higher ticket prices and new publicly funded stadiums. It is more out of all our wallets every year to be a fan.