I need to rant. Both of my last two posts have touched on the Cubs’ relationship to the luxury tax cap (formally known as the competitive balance tax). I refrained in both instances from commenting on the insanity of the luxury tax itself, but no longer.
Among the myriad issues baseball needs to address in the next collective bargaining agreement, none is more central than the removal of the luxury tax. This penalty is nothing more than a means of suppressing player salaries in an era of record revenues. Its elimination should, and must, be the primary focus of the players association in the next round of bargaining.