This whole argument is kind of flimsy.
First of all, the assumption that luxury tax can't be used to spend over the $29M limit is flawed... the PA is not that stupid. The ideal situation for them is for all teams to spend right up to the cap - that's how they maximize salaries league-wide. Granted, that's an extreme example, but I can't see them signing off on a deal that forces teams that are collecting revenue sharing or luxury tax payments to be under $29M. The whole idea of revenue sharing from a PA perspective is to allow as many teams to spend as much money as possible. Why would they want to limit the number of teams that can spend over $29M in any way, shape or form?
Secondly, we have no idea what form revenue sharing will take. Will it be a pool that all teams pay a portion of their revenues into that is split 30 ways or will richer teams be required to pay more into the pool and poorer teams not pay at all? Will the luxury tax be added to the common revenue sharing pool, or will it be disbursed seperately somehow?
We can't say what kind of effect any of this will have on parity until we know all the facts.
First of all, the assumption that luxury tax can't be used to spend over the $29M limit is flawed... the PA is not that stupid. The ideal situation for them is for all teams to spend right up to the cap - that's how they maximize salaries league-wide. Granted, that's an extreme example, but I can't see them signing off on a deal that forces teams that are collecting revenue sharing or luxury tax payments to be under $29M. The whole idea of revenue sharing from a PA perspective is to allow as many teams to spend as much money as possible. Why would they want to limit the number of teams that can spend over $29M in any way, shape or form?
Secondly, we have no idea what form revenue sharing will take. Will it be a pool that all teams pay a portion of their revenues into that is split 30 ways or will richer teams be required to pay more into the pool and poorer teams not pay at all? Will the luxury tax be added to the common revenue sharing pool, or will it be disbursed seperately somehow?
We can't say what kind of effect any of this will have on parity until we know all the facts.