Whether it’s hitting fade-away game-winners to win a playoff series or winning back-to-back titles to end a 40-year drought of postseason success, basketball players are steadily gaining notoriety as they come closer to reaping the fruits of labor that baseball players have.
No salary cap, more specifically a luxury tax for those that go over the cap, has given baseball leeway to negotiate however much money they want with a player.
In 2011, with A-Rod leading the way at $32 million, there were 10 players making at least $20 million in Major League Baseball and the top five were all at least $23 million.