duncan_idaho |
01-17-2018 11:29 AM |
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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch
(Post 13366431)
Why should minor leaguers get paid more?
Minor league teams don't generate profits.
It's the bigs - and the bigs only - that do. And hence, only their players who should be getting big pay days.
Hosmer deserves $20M. Kyle Zimmer deserves maybe $50k. (Maybe)
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Because they subsist on slaves-level wages right now? And if the profit sharing for the league stays the same, the money has to go somewhere?
Typically, the MLBPA hasn't cared about minor league pay because you make it up if you make it to the bigs. But if the landscape at the major league level has shifted and only the best players are getting the big paydays in FA, they may look at this differently.
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Originally Posted by petegz28
(Post 13366469)
It's pretty simple. Follow the NFL rules for the most part...
Guaranteed contracts get tossed out..
Salary cap gets implemented...
Salary floor is enforced and increased...
This spreads the money around, keeps teams out of the Poo-holes situation and still forces owners to spend money on players....
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The MLBPA will never stand for removal of guaranteed contracts. Just too embedded in the current landscape. They also don't want a salary cap. Look how FA now operates with a quasi-salary cap in place. Very owner-friendly environment.
I also think it's a major hindrance for small market teams. So the Yankees can go out and break the bank for Ellsbury, then just dump him if he sucks?
It removes all the risk for the big contracts from those big market teams.
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Originally Posted by The Bunk
(Post 13366503)
I've been thinking about this a lot also. I agree on all points, but why on Earth would the owners agree to this if it didn't include some sort of salary cap? It seems to me that they have all the leverage here.
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The MLBPA is the strongest players union in the world and wields a lot of power. It's in the owners' long-term interest to avoid a labor shortage.
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