  Lattice QCD simulations offer the possibility of determining the potential
between three static quarks from first principles. We review the status of such
simulations, and the relative standing of the two theoretical proposals for the
baryonic potential: the Delta law (sum of two-body terms) and the Y law (length
of three flux strings joined together at a junction). We also present new
results on the leading Luscher-like corrections to the asymptotic linear
potential.
