NHR: MLB considering playing all games in Arizona
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NHL looking at a similar scenario... Playing the playoffs in North Dakota at two college arenas, on TV but no fans in attendance.
I can’t see the MLBPA allowing this to happen. The players are not going to play for a reduced salary, and that’s what is coming with this idea.
Plus the immense logistic issues and separation of teams from the general population, etc, etc.
I just think it’s a non starter.
Plus the immense logistic issues and separation of teams from the general population, etc, etc.
I just think it’s a non starter.
Where did you read that player salaries would be reduced? I'd agree that would be a show-stopper.
I didn’t read it anywhere, my son is co-founder of a company that works very closely with multiple teams. It’s his opinion from speaking with many folks in baseball that this option is clearly on the table.
I'm getting excited for this private island idea that Dana White is floating. My hope is that it would be a Battle Royale/Hunger Games type scenario where they drop a dozen guys of various weight classes onto the island, and put like one chicken carcass in the middle. Winner gets the bird.
Jon Jones out there, wide-eyed and gakked-out on too much blow, just smashing dudes to death with his elbows. Take my money, Dana.
Jon Jones out there, wide-eyed and gakked-out on too much blow, just smashing dudes to death with his elbows. Take my money, Dana.
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Baseball and its union have already announced their deal relative to pay 3 weeks ago.
- MLB "advanced" the players $170M. The union is dividing the pay among members by paying more to players who make the least.
- If the season is played, the $170M is count towards pay. The player's salaries WILL BE PRORATED based on the number of regular season games played.
- If the season is not played at all, the $170M is considered a gift to the players, and the union agreed that this is all they get for the year, and cannot sue.
- The players will earn whatever service time towards free agency they earned last year (ex: a player on the roster for all of 19 will get a full year of service time for 20 as well), regardless of the length of the season.
So, if they play 130 games they get 130/162nds of their pay. Already agreed to.
Just curious to know if they discussed roster sizes or not. As you know, there's a lot of movement between the minors and majors, so how do they handle this without the farm club? Couple pitchers go on the 21 day disabled list, and what do you do? Pull somebody out of their home that hasn't pitched for six months? Same with day to day players.
I was under the impression @GreenDuke meant salaries would be reduced even with a 162 game schedule.
Rosters were already going to be at 26 this year. Rumor is MLB will bump them up to 29.
.....not sure how I feel about these Kum-ba-ya threads of late. Sam is making sense, & I KNOW that does not compute !! A very strange time for The HerdNation....
That $170 million is simply a fronted loan IF the season begins. MLB will collect the $170 million back by prorating salaries based on the number of games played . If the season is cancelled that $170 million will be considered a gift.
Nowhere does it say players will get less if 162 games are played.
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Players Blowback...
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29017716/too-much-iron-players-say-mlb-arizona-plan
I don't think some of the younger players realize how hard it is to take a year off of any sport and come back 100%. Seems to me there is alot
of negative responses to the proposal. Many younger players seem to be satisfied to take the year off, do they realize they may not be back the the team in 2021?
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29017716/too-much-iron-players-say-mlb-arizona-plan
I don't think some of the younger players realize how hard it is to take a year off of any sport and come back 100%. Seems to me there is alot
of negative responses to the proposal. Many younger players seem to be satisfied to take the year off, do they realize they may not be back the the team in 2021?
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