President Trump to attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals
PK Press Club’ Kayleigh McEnany reports on President Donald Trump’s plans to attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals in New York. Trump, a longtime Knicks fan, was personally invited by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, who expressed enthusiasm for the president’s presence and highlighted their shared interests. The segment also notes President Trump’s attendance at several major sporting events during his term and his plans to host a UFC fight at the White House on June 14.
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There’s a lot of talk about the need for MLB to adopt a salary cap, and now President Donald Trump is giving his opinion on the matter.
And he’s pretty firmly in the salary cap camp.
OutKick’s Dan Zaksheske asked the president about MLB’s current situation aboard Air Force One.
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“If you don’t have a salary cap, you don’t have a sport,” Trump said. “They can’t help it. In sports, they can’t help it. Football has a salary cap.”
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Not only does the NFL have a salary cap, but so do the NHL and NBA, leaving MLB as the only one of the four major North American professional sports leagues without one.
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters Friday while visiting Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images))
“They should have done this a long time ago,” the president said. “I know so much about sports, they should have done this a long time ago.”
Trump then mentioned his administration’s efforts to enact laws regarding NIL, which he likened to a salary cap in professional leagues, and pointed out that big schools are losing hundreds of millions of dollars.
“You can’t have that,” he said. “No one can afford it.”
The president returned to baseball.
“Major League Baseball — it’s frankly shocking that they didn’t set a cap years ago,” he said. “They had an opportunity to make a milestone, and they blew it.”
MLB players want to raise the payroll floor, challenge cheap owners and reshape the salary cap debate before the CBA expires in December 2026. (Justin Edmonds/Getty Images)
MLB and the MLBPA are in the early stages of collective bargaining, and the first proposal for any kind of salary cap was presented this week.
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The league proposed a salary cap of $245.3 million for 2027.
This season, the league’s highest Opening Day payroll belonged to the Los Angeles Dodgers, at $415.2 million, while the lowest belonged to the Miami Marlins, at $81.8 million.
