Sports Cap
The Caps of a New Era
When it comes to sports cap, the new era caps are the most popular choice of hip hop and sports fanatics. But what are the new era caps?
The new era caps are the largest sports-licensed headwear company in the United States. The company is the premier cap provider for MLB, as well as a number of NBA and NHL franchises, plus a handful of major collegiate athletic programs.
Among the collections of new era caps, the 59-Fifthy are the popular choice of all. The 59-Fifthy is a structured, fitted, 100% polyester cap which is worn by Major League Baseball players and umpires during competition.
Along with the 59-Fifthys, the new era also produced other caps such as the 49Forty, 39Thirty, and 29Twenty. The 49Forty is a fitted, lower profile cousin to the 59Fifty, and has a more casual, collegiate look. The 39Thirty is a strength fit cap, and is used by MLB as the batting practice cap. It is 62% polyester and 38% wool, and has a soft mesh feeling. The 29Twenty is an adjustable, unstructured cap.
Even though the new era caps offers a wide range of "59-Fifty" caps, new era company’s most prominent and recognizable cap is modeled with a flat cap bill. This is the style most popular with urban consumers, who have adopted the style from its prominence in rap & hip-hop culture.
The brand recognition of New Era and the "59-Fifty" has resulted in the cap becoming a popular fashion element, particularly reflected in urban & hip-hop culture. Among all the 59-Fifthy’s that the new era produces, the most common and popular cap is the New York Yankees 59FIFTY Flat bill cap.
Apart from success and popularity, the new era caps also faced some allegation and controversies. The new era company has had to defend its self against accusations of running sweatshops in both its Derby New York plant, as well as its plant in Alabama. This is due largely to a campaign by the United Students Against Sweatshops and Workers Rights Consortium held between 2001-2003, and a strike by the Communication Workers Of America.
On August 24, 2007, the new era cap company announced that it was pulling three new era cap styles which were associated with gang colors. The hats, with the New York Yankees logo, were white and blue, the colors of the Crips, white and red, the color of the Bloods, and black and gold, the colors of the Latin Kings. Major League Baseball and the Yankees supported the move, claiming they were unaware of the color associations. A group called Peace on the Street picketed several stores selling New Era caps before the discontinuance was announced.
If you want some information about the new era caps and its apparels, then visit www.streetzwear.com.
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How does the salary cap work in professional sports?
It's a method of placing an artificial ceiling on salaries.
In the NFL, NBA and NHL, the salary cap is determined in the collective bargaining agreement. In those leagues, the cap is set against a certain percentage of revenues, and the cap changes as year as do revenues. That's why the NHL's cap will apparently increase by about $2-3 million for next season, and both football and basketball see their caps increase each year. Every time there's an increase in ticket prices, TV rights, concessions prices or merchandising, more revenues are generated and the cap accordingly increases. In the NFL, teams often try to get around the cap by signing players to contracts with reasonable salaries but that have huge signing bonuses. The reason for this is that teams can prorate that signing bonus over an extended period of time, thereby not taking such a hit on their cap space.
In most leagues - especially the NBA - it's far from being a "hard" cap. For example, in the NBA, there are several exceptions to the cap that a team is allowed. There is the mid-level salary exception, which allows a team already at or over the cap to sign a player to a contract at the average league salary. This is the type of deal which might net a championship contender a veteran contributor. There's also the "Larry Bird Exception" that allows teams to exceed the cap in order to sign their own free agents.
While baseball doesn't have a salary cap, they do have a luxury tax based on salary thresholds. If teams spend over a certain amount - again based on the collective bargaining agreement with players - that team will be taxed on the amount by which they exceed the cap. In 2007, that applies only to the Yankees, since the salary cap is set at $148 million this season. When they signed Roger Clemens for $18.7m this season, they had to pay MLB an additional $7.5m or 40% because they were over the threshold.
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