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  1. USAFChief
    Van, you're smarter than this. A liability waiver? C'mon, that's not about player salaries.
  2. USAFChief
    No. It's behind a paywall. But I dont need Ken Rosenthal's opinion in this case, anyway. Rob Manfred isnt the one damaging the sport.
  3. USAFChief
    I'm still blaming the players. Completely. If not for the players, they'd be in 'spring training' as we speak. And there'd be games played the first week of July. But they are so greedy they think they're above the economic realities of 2020. Above the rest of us. If you cant see that I don't know what to tell you.
  4. USAFChief
    And of course, if you dont look, you wont find any.
  5. USAFChief
    what has the MLBPA offered? Nothing. Zip. Zilch. Nada. This is 100 percent the fault of the players. One. Hundred. Percent. Screw them. Start the season without them. They'll come crawling back soon enough.
  6. USAFChief
    Source?
  7. USAFChief
    Google "MLB contract" and read attachment 47.
  8. USAFChief
    Well, sure. Ownership could take an even bigger loss than projected. I dont think that's a reasonable way forward. Keep in mind, like many industries, I expect baseball will take several years to fully recover from the damage done by covid. Things wont just magically return to previous levels in 2021.
  9. USAFChief
    Not that it makes much difference, but major league per diem is $91/day in spring training and $102/day during the regular season. This stuff is easy to look up so I wont provide a link.
  10. USAFChief
    but they're not getting the full revenues from other sources. If they have an 82 game schedule for example, they'd be getting half of that 25 percent from central revenue. TV isnt going to pay for a full season, when they're only getting half. So half of 25 = 12.5 percent, plus 11 percent local tv, plus 5.5 percent sponsorship, plus 2 percent other. Plus zero percent on stadium. Add that up, and for an 82 game schedule, MLB revenues should be roughly 31 percent of preseason estimates. You cant take in 31 percent of revenue, and pay 50 percent of player salaries. Doesnt work.
  11. USAFChief
    I dont need to see any "books" to understand that ownership's revenue, with zero in-stadium revenue, will not be half of what it would be with fans on the stands. So I dont need "books" to know that paying players half their salaries is not feasible for ownership. I also dont need "books" to know that ALL the financial risk is on the ownership side. I know that I want MLB to return, and that it will be ownership who makes that happen, not the players. Neither side caused the pandemic. But only one side--the players--are preventing the resumption of play. Screw them. I hope this causes the eventual collapse of the MLBPA. Would serve them right.
  12. USAFChief
    Mike, could you possibly use this article more dishonestly? It specifically says the number is this low because it includes players with as little os 1 day of MLB service time. Half the players in this "data" had less than 1 year. The MLB minimum is over 1/2 a million per year, but you already knew that.
  13. USAFChief
    uh...that was 427k net for 2 weeks, not a year.
  14. USAFChief
    This is 100 percent on the players. One. Hundred. Percent. I dont often side with ownership, but they are the ones trying to get a season going. It's the players pissing and moaning about money. Trying to use this situation to negotiate the next CBA.
  15. USAFChief
    There need be no work stoppage. Owners schedule games, players show up to play. If that's the current MLB players, great. If it's current minor leaguers, in a few years it wont matter. And here's the kicker: all the current MLB players will squawk, but they'll show up and play. None of them are going to give up 6 and 7 figure salaries for very long. They'll be just fine and baseball will be just fine without the MLBPA.
  16. USAFChief
    For one thing,I didnt wish the players had never unionized. I said I hope the current situation leads to its demise. As a fan, the MLBPA serves me no purpose. None. It has become a detriment to the game. Hard to argue otherwise, since it stands between nothing, and baseball July 1st. Bust it, owners. 99 percent of the players will come crawling back. If they dont, in a decade the game will be no different anyway.
  17. USAFChief
    I'm guessing, without the MLBPA, the composition of MLB wouldnt change by one single player. Where are they going? What are they going to do, sell real estate? They'd still make huge sums for playing baseball. The MLBPA serves no purpose other than furthering player's financial recompense beyond reason. I'll watch baseball, with the same players, whether Mike Trout makes $30m or $10m. Maybe I'll even have to spend a little less to do so, and maybe adding a salary cap and floor will help flatten the advantages large market clubs enjoy.
  18. USAFChief
    I hope the owners force the union's hand, and break it. We would all be much better off if the MLBPA didnt exist. Baseball will be just fine with a new crop of players. In a few years, there will be zero impact on level of play.
  19. USAFChief
    Players haven't shared in the increased revenues over the past decades?? And They aren't getting offered 1/2 their salary for 1/2 the games because owners dont expect 1/2 the revenue. These aren't honest arguments you're making, Mike.
  20. USAFChief
    Ted, you've completely ignored the 70% drop in revenue. If revenues go from $10B to $3B, it's not unreasonable for owners to demand players salaries drop massively. And as Nick mentions, taking more from higher salaried employees than lower is a pretty reasonable and standard business practice. This article is not well thought out. In fact, it's ridiculously biased.
  21. USAFChief
    Offer MLB jobs to whatever minor leaguers will take them. After making it clear any player currently under contract who refuses to play under the 50/50 proposal will be banned for life from MLB. Let's see how Blake Snell feels about earning his living like most Americans do.
  22. USAFChief
    “If I’m going to play, I should be at the money I signed to be getting paid,” Snell said. “I should not be getting half of what I’m getting paid because the season’s cut in half, all on top of a 33% cut of the half that’s already there, so I’m really getting like 25%. On top of that, it’s getting taxed. So imagine how much I’m actually making to play, you know what I’m saying? Like, I ain’t making (expletive). And on top of that, so all of that money’s gone and now I play risking my life.” Blake Snell I read somewhere that 40% of wage earners who make 40K or less are currently unemployed, but baseball players feel put upon being asked to take less. Screw them. I hope Blake Snell never earns another penny playing baseball. Let him earn his living digging ditches. Offer his job to a minor leaguer. I could not be more disgusted with the MLBPA.
  23. USAFChief
    I simply cant get behind the players on this. The entire world is hurting, unemployment in the US is at great depression levels, and players are going to argue over compensation? Shame on them.
  24. USAFChief
    Ditto to all. I first saw John in the late 70s at Bemidji state university. Mrs Chief then got us tickets to see him at a small old restored theater here in Tucson about a year and a half ago. That concert was the most memorable musical event of my life time. So sorry to know I wont get the chance again. Incredible talent.
  25. USAFChief
    I cried when I heard the news.
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