User:Mmandigo/sandbox

Evaluate an article
For this excercise I am choosing to evaluate the sports team article. I think the article could use more information on maybe the different types of sports teams. What I mean is stuff like the differeance between an amateur and a professional team, I also thing the article could use more examples of professional franchises, it uses the Dallas Cowboys to list the most valuable franchise in the world but I feel like that could be taken a step further.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_team

My plan is to add more details to go along with the page that already exists. All of the basics are there but I really want to add some more detail. I'd like to add more statistics maybe add a list of the most valuable franchises. I also want to seperate the different types of teams, amateur vs professional, different types of sports and how they operate (ex. MLB does not have a salary cap), How playoffs work/ how are champions crowned, etc.

Here are some of my articles I will be using.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2018/07/18/full-list-the-worlds-50-most-valuable-sports-teams-of-2018/#2bc7b7f56b0e (This one is actually already used in the article)

http://ctaeir.org/Unit%20Plan/Marketing/Intro%20Sports%20and%20Entertainment%20Marketing/SEM_3_Amateur%20vs.%20Professional%20Sports%20Powerpoint.ppt

https://www.forbes.com/sites/maurybrown/2018/05/22/mlb-wanted-a-salary-cap-for-decades-now-with-soaring-revenues-theyd-likely-reject-one/#199531952676

https://www.blueshirtbanter.com/2010/4/28/1448124/nhl-analysis-understanding-the

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolschram/2018/05/31/strong-revenues-from-vegas-golden-knights-help-boost-nhl-salary-cap-in-2018-19/#6e5be01c3ac8

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2787871-how-nba-free-agency-salary-cap-work?src=rss#slide0

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1665623-how-does-the-salary-cap-work-in-the-nfl

http://www.isu.uzh.ch/static/ISU_WPS/91_ISU_full.pdf https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/2018/12/05/forbes-rangers-remain-most-valuable-nhl-franchise/38678965/

https://www.thoughtco.com/about-the-nba-playoffs-326009 https://www.nhl.com/news/stanley-cup-playoffs-format-qualification-system/c-711015

https://www.printyourbrackets.com/how-do-the-nfl-playoffs-work.html

How Salary Cap Works In MLB, NHL, NFL, NBA
Salary cap is set limit agreed on that limits the amount of money an organization can spend on its players.

MLB: Major League Baseball does not have a salary cap but does have the luxury tax. The luxury tax is a surcharge on a sports team if they exceed a set amount set by the league.

NHL: NHL has what is known as a hard salary cap. A hard cap means that there is a non-negotiable limit on the amount of money a team can spend on its players. The amount of money an NHL franchise can spend on its players is determined by the revenue of last years NHL season. There is also a salary cap floor which is the minimum amount of money a team can spend on its players. The NHL salary cap was raised after the 2017-2018 NHL season

NFL: The NFL, like the NHL also follows a hard-salary cap.

NBA: The NBA has what is known as a soft-salary cap. A franchise can exceed this set amount of money but they will have to pay a luxury tax on every dolalr they go over.

MLB
The New York Yankees are estimated to be worth $4 billion

NFL
The Dallas Cowboys are the worlds richest franchise estimated to be worth approximatley $4.8 billion

NBA
The New York Knicks are estimated to be worth $3.6 billion

NHL
The New York Rangers are estimated to be worth $1.33 billion

Playoffs in North American Sports
Playoffs in North American Sports vary depending on the strcuture of the league MLB: 10 teams make the playoffs, five from the American League, and five from the National League. The two wild cards play in a one game playoff with the winner making it to the divisional round. The next round is a best of five series. The winners of the divisional series move on to the league championship series and the winners of those advance to the world series.The league championship and world series are best of seven.

NHL/NBA: Both the NBA and NHL are similar in how the playoffs are organized. Both have 16 teams make the playoffs, the eight best teams from each conferance the Eastern Conferance and Western Conferance in the NBA, and the Eastern Conferance and Western Conferance in the NHL. In the NBA, the eight best teams in each conferance make the playoffs seeded 1 to 8. Home-field advantage is determined by regular season record. In the NHL the tow divisions have three winners with two additional wild cards in each conferance to make up eight total teams in each conferance. Every single series is a best of seven, with the two best winners from each conferance playing each other in the championship

NFL: NFL Playoffs consist of 12 teams, six from each conferance the American Football Conferance and National Football Conferance, seeded 1 to 6 based on regular season record. There are four wild cards, two in each conferance and four and a winner four each of the four divisions in each conferance. The two wild cards seeded five and six play the three and four seeds in a wild card round while the one and two seeds play. The one and two seeds get first round bye. The winners of the wild card matchup then go on to play the one and two seeded teams in the divisional round. The winners of these games go on to play each other in the conferance championship and the winner of these games then go on to play in the Super bowl. Unlike the other sports, Football is a single elimination playoff format.