MLBPA proposal thoughts?

[NYCTK]

On 7/29/2026 at 10:07 AM, The Great Hambino said:

From what I can tell, it's not so much a new proposal as it is more detail regarding how they define the revenue split

When MLB proposes a 50/50 revenue split, it is cartoonishly misleading.  They want it to be 50/50 after:

- removing 17% of local revenues to be retained by the league

- removing 22% of national revenues to be retained by the league

- unlimited carve-outs for stadium and spring training facility renovations, MLB Network and local broadcast production, and expenses for "new ventures", whatever TF that means

- a host of nickel-and-dime reductions like 20% of naming rights fees and the complete removal of parking and billboard revenue more than half a mile from the stadium

- including non-salary player costs in the definition of payroll

On top of all that, the total split winds up being 50/50 only if every team spent to the level of the cap.  Spoiler alert: they won't

Add all that together, and player salaries in reality end up well below the 50/50 split that MLB is trying really hard to convince the public that they're offering

But hey, they're offering to include ballpark ATM fees from their increasingly cashless ballparks as part of the revenue split.  What an olive branch!

These are the kind of games you play when you want a lockout.  Personally, I still think that the impending media rights negotiations that will be happening in 2027-28 will prevent either side from going nuclear, but I'm feeling less and less confident about that the more I learn about the details of ownership's proposal

Anyone supporting the owners as they lockout the sport is a fool. 

[Riverbrian]

47 minutes ago, NYCTK said:

This BOTH SIDES nonsense is no less lazy here than it is when people repeat it in politics. It seems on its surface reasonable and enlightened but almost always reflects the opinions of someone too fed up to actually investigate the issue. 

You say this in response to the owners running a full court press, utilizing their TV Network and Social Media outlets for fan propagandizing. What have the MLBPA done that is even remotely similar? Can you identify a single advertisement they've placed? 

I've asked you repeatedly not to reply to my posts. 

Continue to believe that the MLBPA doesn't play the same game and didn't use the word tanking repeatedly in press releases and public statements ad nauseum in an attempt to influence public opinion. Keep believing that the MLBPA is blameless in the current situation. Keep believing that they don't have a public relations department or firm getting the message they want out... out. 

Keep believing what you want. I could care less about any opinion you have.

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