MLBPA proposal thoughts?

[Mike Sixel]

Question..... Owners that paid A lot for their teams.... How do you compensate them for decreased revenue if there is legit sharing?

[The Great Hambino]

49 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

Question..... Owners that paid A lot for their teams.... How do you compensate them for decreased revenue if there is legit sharing?

1. If it comes with a cap, then their decreased revenue comes with decreased expenses.  The Dodgers could potentially come out ahead on the bottom line even with increased revenue sharing if their payroll bill is cut in half

2. The owners are fighting for this because they think franchise values will explode if they get it.  They've decided that the trade-off is worth it.  I don't think they'd be putting out their aggressive push for a cap so publicly if the heavy hitters weren't on board with the plan.  And even if they aren't on board, they know that they're outnumbered, and their franchise value and revenues will crater if they don't have anyone to play against

3. Since this is all subject to negotiations between big market owners and small market owners as well as between the league and the players, it's not hard to see a scenario where there are certain carve-outs that allow the big markets to retain a larger portion of some types of revenue.  Maybe media rights are pooled but gameday revenues are retained, for example.  Plenty of ways to skin that cat