Personally, I like the salary cap because the idea is to try to make it so that small markets can share against the big ones, but if we put it into reality, as you well explain in the post, they will always find a way to break that cap to attract the best players to those teams. I would be extremely upset if I wasn't paid well for my work, so in the end, and being honest, that salary cap doesn't prevent anything, since they pay the luxury tax when I think a more complex fine would be taking away first-round picks or not being able to sign free agents.