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I have a hard time backing the MLBPA. They have fully guaranteed contracts and basically no salary cap. The CBT is the flimsiest version of a salary cap you can have and even if it was more of a deterrent to keep teams from spending, it's still millions of dollars more than the NFL salary cap.
Raising the CBT doesn't do much for the average player, but putting an actual salary cap with a floor forces teams to spend more.
Say the floor was $120 million last year. 13 teams would have been under that number.
These are the teams and how far under they are
COL $4 mil
MIL $21 mil
TEX $25 mil
KC $29 mil
ARI $29 mil
OAK $30 mil
DET $34 mil
SEA $37 mil
TB $50 mil
MIA $62 mil
PIT $66 mil
CLE $70 mil
BAL $78 mil
I see the owners had proposed a $100 mil floor and $180 mil CBT. If the MLBPA countered with $120 mil floor and $180 mil CBT, then MLB might agree.
Last year only 8 teams would have been over the $180 mil
LAD $86 mil
NYY $25 mil
NYM $21 mil
PHI $17 mil
HOU $14 mil
BOS $7 mil
LAA $349k
Teams that didn't meet the floor the total is $535 million
If the floor were $100 million then the total would be $275 million
Teams over CBT total is $170.349 million
That's between $105 million and $365 million more for the players.
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I'm not sure what the big pushback is from the players is.
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