New MLB collective bargaining agreement thread

[Slade]

I would hope the owners push the international draft hard and commit to a lockout if necessary, that system is so f***ing corrupt.

[AdamGreenwood]

Then they should work in Ticket sales or concession stands on the side. This is the CBA, they are never going to fight for people not on the 40 man. Just won't happen.

 

Standard Union.

 

Union: "We fight for the poor and the oppressed"

- Hey guys, what about these people making less than minimum wage?

Union: "Increase their wages too, unless it impacts the wages of the union people, in which case f*** 'em."

[BigBounceyBlueBalls]

I would hope the owners push the international draft hard and commit to a lockout if necessary, that system is so f***ing corrupt.

 

No more corrupt then the Teams who have benefited or taken advantage of it!!!

 

They as well as MLB knew and looked at it with a blind eye.

 

Money Money Money!!! Rinse and Repeat, eight men out follow the big Bouncey ball! Wink wink

 

Nuff said

[BigBounceyBlueBalls]

Abolish the " No Trade clause" from contracts forevermore!!!

[BigBounceyBlueBalls]

Allow Trading of all draft picks !!!

[BigBounceyBlueBalls]

Disallow trades with money attached going either way as it only benefits the money teams, buying their way out of bad contracts they probably should have never made! f*** em, suffer!

[intentional wok]

I've come into this f***ing thread three times in the last ten minutes thinking there would be actual news but it's just BBBB with a new post each time. Please stop.

[BigBounceyBlueBalls]

Make it so all players Drafted in any draft year are retained by the team that drafted them, and remain as part of that team till and for 5 years after reporting! Or if drafted you can not enter the draft for 2-4 years again upon not singing with the team who drafted you!

 

For this each player drafted signs for 1/2 the league min. Salary every year in the minors! No more, no less!

[BigBounceyBlueBalls]

I've come into this f***ing thread three times in the last ten minutes thinking there would be actual news but it's just BBBB with a new post each time. Please stop.

 

Sorry buddy but I can express my opinion on the matter as others are allowed without your ridicule that you gave to them or you pointing it out to them as well.

 

f*** you! Have a nice day!

[Sorrow]

Sorry buddy but I can express my opinion on the matter as others are allowed without your ridicule that you gave to them or you pointing it out to them as well.

 

f*** you! Have a nice day!

 

You could also do it in one post.

[BigBounceyBlueBalls]

You could also do it in one post.

 

Sorry didn't know that Seperate post's are wrong now too! Cause nobody does that here! Lol

 

Keep em Seperated !!!

 

Thanks, Have a nice Day!

[Boxcar]

Sorry didn't know that Seperate post's are wrong now too! Cause nobody does that here! Lol

 

Keep em Seperated !!!

 

Thanks, Have a nice Day!

 

Holy f*** man, take a horse tranquilizer and shut the f*** up.

[burlingtonbandit]

Funny thing is the MLBPA would probably have been better off accepting a salary cap. The owners have been pocketing more and more of league revenues to the point of where the players get the lowest amount of all of the sports.

 

Maybe there is some correction due in the next few players with all of the star FA and players will stop signing these team friendly extensions.

[AdamGreenwood]

I think with the reports of the way Cuban players have been treated (held hostage, and had their families threatened until they sign), MLB needs to seriously address that in the next collective bargaining agreement. A draft would certainly be one way of doing it.

[BigBounceyBlueBalls]

Holy f*** man, take a horse tranquilizer and shut the f*** up.

 

Right after you! You should have shut the f*** up before posting this yourself!! f*** you too!

[burlingtonbandit]

I think with the reports of the way Cuban players have been treated (held hostage, and had their families threatened until they sign), MLB needs to seriously address that in the next collective bargaining agreement. A draft would certainly be one way of doing it.

 

How does a draft help Cuban players? They still need to sneak into another country so all those problems still exist.

 

Only thing that would help them is if Cuba made a deal with the United States allowing them to play there.

[RealAccountant]

Looks like we could be looking at a luxury tax threshold increase to $200 M which is bad news for the Jays because some teams will be able to make higher offers to FAs and not get luxury taxed

 

Meanwhile in Bluejays land....

[Governator]

Looks like we could be looking at a luxury tax threshold increase to $200 M which is bad news for the Jays because some teams will be able to make higher offers to FAs and not get luxury taxed

 

Meanwhile in Bluejays land....

 

Because we're small market...

[THANOS]

Because we're small market...

 

No, but I'm not really sure I ever see our payroll approaching 180M or more, do you? I could see 150-170M though, any time it makes sense.

[burlingtonbandit]

No, but I'm not really sure I ever see our payroll approaching 180M or more, do you? I could see 150-170M though, if it makes sense.

 

If the Canadian dollar rose above the US dollar I could see it close to 200M but the chances of that happening are quite slim.

[THANOS]

If the Canadian dollar rose above the US dollar I could see it close to 200M but the chances of that happening are quite slim.

 

That would be nice. I thought that may have been possible with the early stock market reaction on election night, but then everything stabilized again, as expected.

[Governator]

No, but I'm not really sure I ever see our payroll approaching 180M or more, do you? I could see 150-170M though, any time it makes sense.

 

I think it might actually make Rogers increase payroll tbh.

[BigBounceyBlueBalls]

How many years do these agreements last in duration?

[Governator]

How many years do these agreements last in duration?

 

The last one was 5 years. The game is changing so much (financially speaking) I reckon they can't really do much longer.

[THANOS]

I think it might actually make Rogers increase payroll tbh.

 

That would be nice. I suppose I'll have to wait and see what happens this off-season or even next, with that crop of talent.

[G-Snarls]

MLB network is reporting that there are two serious issues holding things up.

 

The owners want an international draft.

 

The Players Association wants to eliminate draft-pick compensation for free agents.

[BigBounceyBlueBalls]

MLB network is reporting that there are two serious issues holding things up.

 

The owners want an international draft.

 

The Players Association wants to eliminate draft-pick compensation for free agents.

 

Easy fix ... Have MLB teams create own and operate baseball academy's providing everything needed, housing, academics, food and elite training facilities and be fully funded and staffed and payed for by teams and MLB.

 

Fix .... We remove the compensation you remove the no trade clause too or from language from contracts, including the 5/10 veto rule!

[burlingtonbandit]

Easy fix ... Have MLB teams create own and operate baseball academy's providing everything needed, housing, academics, food and elite training facilities and be fully funded and staffed and payed for by teams and MLB.

 

Fix .... We remove the compensation you remove the no trade clause too or from language from contracts, including the 5/10 veto rule!

 

Are MLB teams going to take in these players when they are 14? Because thats what would need to happen. Unless it came out of revenue sharing there is no way teams are going to pay for that. There would be a ton of costs to pay for the infrastructure, security (going to need a ton in Venuzuela), and scouts to go find these kids.

 

Owners would never agree because they want a draft to save money, building these academies costs even more $.

[TheHurl]

Are MLB teams going to take in these players when they are 14? Because thats what would need to happen. Unless it came out of revenue sharing there is no way teams are going to pay for that. There would be a ton of costs to pay for the infrastructure, security (going to need a ton in Venuzuela), and scouts to go find these kids.

 

Owners would never agree because they want a draft to save money, building these academies costs even more $.

 

There are 30 academies in place right now built between the clubs and the MLB, and are run by the MLB office in the DR. Twenty two of them have dormitories in place. Nothing will change except for how the players are chosen and no team can make a deal with the family of (or Uncle Buscone) some 13 year old.

[GD]

That would be nice. I thought that may have been possible with the early stock market reaction on election night, but then everything stabilized again, as expected.

 

CDN had a record one-night drop on election night. And Trump is going to try to raise the USD. Probably gonna be even harder now.