The owners argue a hard cap and floor improve competitive balance.
The MLBPA strongly opposes a salary cap, maintaining that it artificially restricts player rights and compensation.
What are the next steps? No formal agreement has been reached yet as both sides remain far apart on the core economic structure.
So, what do we have to look forward ti in the 2027 season? A Mexican standoff. With the current Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) expiring on December 1, 2026, the debate outlines two fundamentally opposing philosophies on the economics of professional sports, in which no one suffers more than the fans. Again...
It's a bunch of whiney -ass millionaires chasing a ball. My dog can do that for free. No one cares about either one.
ReplyDeleteThe UNion Collectively Bargained Detroit right into the shitter. It's fine by me if baseball crashes the same way
ReplyDeleteProblem is:
ReplyDeletefewer and fewer people are buying tickets, fewer and fewer people are watching on TV, the great radio announcers are gone, gone, gone.
And these guys want more, more, more.
Yawn!
My kids, mid-50s (still) play soccer - and their kids.
Cap the earnings of owners and see how they like that.
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