Coronavirus and the 2020 Season (Season Postponed, pg3)

[Jocephus]

NEW YORK -- Agent Scott Boras recommends that his clients refuse Major League Baseball's attempt to cut salaries during negotiations with the players' association, claiming team financial issues caused by the coronavirus pandemic have their origin in management debt financing.

In an email obtained by The Associated Press, Boras wrote that players should not alter terms of the March 26 agreement between MLB and the union that called for players to reduce their salaries to a prorated rate based on a shortened season.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/292 ... all-owners

[heyzeus]

It will be the most MLB move possible for owners to blow up the season (or two!) out of a desire to save a few million dollars and watch as the NBA and NFL capitalize on the national thirst for sports in this moment with highly-watched seasons (without fans) that cannibalize even more of the sports market from baseball.

[Jocephus]

[BottenFieldofDreams]

Yikes. It's also gross that these guys will, in many states at least, likely make more on unemployment than they do playing for organizations valued in the billions. I'm sure there's a lot more nuance than that. But if Mike Trout is making the GDP of the continent of Africa and the Yankees are worth $5 billion--this seems a bit perverse.

[Radbird]

How incredibly short-sighted and petty.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

How incredibly short-sighted and petty.

Just another day in MAGAmerica.

[JoeMcKim]

I would imagine the only minor leaguers not getting cut are guys who're top prospects.

[heyzeus]

I’m sure the timing is no accident too. “You’re expendable” is the obvious message

[mikechamp]

I’m sure the timing is no accident too. “You’re expendable” is the obvious message

What are you talking about? All those who got cut are clearly not hitting.









See what I did there?

Dad joke. No, wait... bad joke.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

How incredibly short-sighted and petty.

Just another day in MAGAmerica.

Thanks [strikethrough]obama[/strikethrough] trump.