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  1. Abomination
    I've been saying this all along. The MLBPA is a hot mess. It feels like they're just throwing ideas against the wall and demanding the MLB to figure out how to make them work. The league is facing the strong likelihood of more lockdowns and significantly reduced money coming in, with some owners probably not having the money to actually pay the players this year, and no season is very much in their interests. I feel like the players, for the most part, are the only ones with anything of significance to lose this year, and their leadership knows if they don't decisively "win" the negotiations they're probably out. That means it's also in the best interests of the leadership of the MLBPA for there to be no season, as they can blame the league and have some control over the narrative they tell the players.
  2. Abomination
    Well, I mean Bauer admitted to the vast majority of it already, just that he claimed it was 100% consensual and with permission. There's a ton of text messages suggesting this was at least mostly true. The main argument seems to be when she could and could not legally give that permission and what state she was in during those times.
  3. Abomination
    The main issue is that the union only seems to be representing a very small portion of the players. That said, the players have the ability to do something about that (I assume).
  4. Abomination
    This feels like a great opportunity for Rogers and Sportsnet!
  5. Abomination
    A quick Google search shows it to be more common than expected. I don't think most of them have the baggage Brown did though.
  6. Abomination
    I think there will always be a handful of teams willing to take a shot (Rangers come to mind). He's certainly cost himself a hell of a lot of money though.
  7. Abomination
    I'm pretty sure Votto is on record saying he does NOT want to play for the Jays (nothing to do with the Jays or Canada, but added time commitments it would generate from friends and family). I may be getting him mixed up with someone else though.
  8. Abomination
    I like him better as a reliever I think. The fastball is a problem, and adding a few MPH to it would make that curve deadly.
  9. Abomination
    In general there can be. There has to be a cap to have most teams be competitive and going for it though, which was the discussion. Frankly, it's kind of silly for the players to even care much about the cap imo. It would affect like 4 or 5 teams at the very most (probably less). If the cost of a moderately high floor (maybe 80M?) is a soft cap in the 180M range, the players almost certainly come out way ahead. Maybe players need to start getting paid an individually negotiated percentage of payroll, with the team figure set based on league revenues or something. That could inherently eliminate any need for a cap or floor. Honestly, as players learn to better market themselves, they may soon make more from promotional deals than they make in actual pay anyway.
  10. Abomination
    Yeah, but that's impossible unless you have a salary cap and floor, which the players are dead set against.
  11. Abomination
    I'm not so sure it is posturing. I really don't think the PA has any clue what it is doing, and I think MLB knows that. Combined with the pandemic, I wouldn't be surprised if there were quite a few owners who would be just as happy to sacrifice a likely unprofitable season for a better deal for themselves.
  12. Abomination
    Yep. This thing is going to be loooonnnggg. So the players also want all 30 teams to be competitive, but they don't want a salary cap structure that would make that happen.
  13. Abomination
    They'll build the "Dominic Dunne" bar. They're also going to sign Tiny Tim for one save opportunity, which he'll convert. They'll then rebrand the 500 level concourse as a nudist retreat to make Hurl feel better while doing his lap.
  14. Abomination
    This season ... right
  15. Abomination
    Probably just leave it. People will need to deal with it. Otherwise, just call the season. This isn't going to improve any time soon.
  16. Abomination

    NHL Thread

    Abomination replied to GD's topic in Other Sports

    NHL just shut down until after Christmas (although that's really only a few days). Could definitely see it being extended.
  17. Abomination
    Halladay and Buehrle starts made for some pretty short games too.
  18. Abomination
    I could see it making sense in the minors. After the 7 innings were official and the game was over, they could have an inning or two of AFL style work.
  19. Abomination
    That would be terrible. It would encourage some of those teams to have even lower payrolls. You would literally be paying them MORE to be even less competitive. Now if you could sell some cap space (not below the min) for prospect capital at some predetermined rate, that could be interesting (or, even better, for draft picks and their slot value, with the requirement that the teams had to pay those picks slot value or greater).
  20. Abomination
    The problem for the players is if there's a salary floor, there's going to be a more stringent (or possibly hard) salary cap too. I don't think that's a trade they'll be willing to make when it's all said and done.
  21. Abomination

    NFL Thread

    Abomination replied to Dylan's topic in Other Sports

    WTH? An onside kick attempt in the 1st quarter?
  22. Abomination

    NFL Thread

    Abomination replied to Dylan's topic in Other Sports

    I'm beginning to think neither coach wants to actually win the game.
  23. Abomination
    We need to be proactive to keep him. Make him the manager here!
  24. Abomination

    NFL Thread

    Abomination replied to Dylan's topic in Other Sports

    It looked like it was almost blocked, but yeah. Really rough conditions. Had fun trying to pick a DFS lineup for this one.
  25. Abomination
    I have to think the plan would be to move Gurriel to 3rd if we sign him. I mean, ideally we get a good left handed bat, but if the value is there ...
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