(Hockey Prompt) Jarrod Lakemore never really understood the whole salary cap thing as UK sports, particularly football, use a different system. Lakemore prefers this system-- to him, the salary cap and even the draft seem are ways of forcing cyclical parity, ensuring that teams are never too good for too long, or particularly bad for too long. Instead, he believes a team should be rewarded for being run well and for bringing in more revenue than other teams. It is strange to him that the worst, least supported teams may get to draft a once in a generation player on their team, regardless of what that player may want to do. He also thinks it would be much more exciting to have a smaller number of truly excellent teams, rather than a large number of merely above average teams. While some would complain that it would become a matter of who spends the most, Lakemore would note that even in North American sports, the Yankees, for example, do not win every season (or even close to every season). Furthermore, hockey players further down the roster likely see less ice time, something not every player would be willing to accept, regardless of monetary compensation. Though Lakemore does see some of the benefits behind the salary cap, he still thinks a well run and well supported team should be able to spend more on players than a poorly run and poorly supported one.