initiatives supported by current and former Major League player, other major initiatives included financial contributions to youth baseball projects and the creation of a partnership with Positive Coaching Alliance for the training of coaches and administrators from the Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities program. Miscellaneous Salary cap As of 2019, Major League Baseball is the only major professional sports league in North America that does not have a salary cap; the MLS, NHL, NBA, and NFL all implement some sort of salary cap. MLB does have a luxury tax that penalizes clubs that exceed the designated amount for that season. Steroids The MLBPA was initially opposed to random steroid testing, claiming it to be a violation of the privacy of players. After enormous negative publicity surrounding the alleged or actual involvement of several star players in the BALCO steroid scandal, the players dropped their opposition to a steroid testing program and developed a consensus that favored testing. Under pressure from US Congress which threatened to pass a law if the MLB's drug policy was not strengthened, the baseball union agreed in 2005 to a stricter policy that would include 50-game, 100-game, and lifetime suspensions. See also Japan Professional Baseball Players Association Similar organizations National Basketball Players Association MLS Players Association National Hockey League Players Association References Further reading Fink, Gary M. ed. (1977) Labor unions (Greenwood, 1977) pp. 30–32. online Helyar, John. (1994). Lords of the Realm: The Real History of Baseball. New York: Villard. . Korr, Charles P. (2002). The End of Baseball as We Knew It: The Players Union, 1960–81. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. . External links Players Association Sports trade unions of the United States Baseball organizations Trade unions established in 1953 1953 establishments in the United States