Greedy Baseball Players

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  • #161957
    Anonymous

      Man the players rejected another proposal.  I have never seen such greed.  Its one season where you take a damn hit money wise.  Suck it up and play boys!

      #161961

      If there weren’t such a disconnect between players and owners. When do you think the season would have started??

      #161975
      Anonymous

        The damage the players are doing to their decaying sport has been delectable to observe.

        #162068

        I’ll try to do a quick breakdown that Jeff Passan did an amazing job on Twitter about.

        Jeff Passan @JeffPassan Jun 12

        First offer: 82 G, $1.03B guarantee, $200M postseason. Equals: 41 games prorated guaranteed, 49 with postseason.
        Second offer: 76 G, $989M guarantee, $443M postseason. Equals: 38/57.
        Third offer: 72 G, $1.27B guarantee, $280M postseason. Equals: 50/62. (2/7)

        Now let’s look at MLB’s offer today for a player making $1M: Guarantee: $311,111 With postseason: $355,556
        Consider the possibilities if there is not a deal and MLB imposes a season for the same player:
        48-game season: $296,296
        50-game season: $308,642 (4/7)

        So, when you break down what players are being offered to be paid as compared to what they would make when FORCED to play and be paid, it’s not difficult to see why players keep turning down the offers.

        Put it this way, in all three scenarios:
        Your boss tells you that he wants you to work 82 hours but get paid for 41 hours
        Your boss tells you that he wants you to work 76 hours but get paid for 38 hours
        Your boss tells you that he wants you to work 72 hours but get paid for 50 hours
        Your boss tells you that you’re going to be FORCED to work 48-50 hours, but you’ll get paid the full amount to work those hours.

        So far, each of the proposals haven’t even paid the players more than if they were to be forced to play. It’s no wonder they keep turning them down.

        #162112

        Let me just start by saying I love Baseball. It’s always been my favorite sport despite understanding why some say it’s boring to watch. Now, the reason I agree with the topic title is because in my opinion all athletes, regardless of sport, are way too overpaid. Honestly, I think they should just be paid enough to cover bills(housing, utilities, all forms of insurance, etc.) & some vacation money for when their sports’ season isn’t in play. But one player getting millions of dollars is ludicrous & then multiply that with a team of good players who each get paid in the millions is equally stupid. The way I see it, all it does to pay players that much is just force their merchandise & concessions(food & drinks at the stadiums) to be over-priced. Especially since what they do isn’t an essential part of life as we’ve seen due to the coof. Although I know others, like myself, have recognized & known this for years.

        Just think about it, though, if NO ONE bought food & drinks from concession stands or vendors walking up/down the aisles when at the games they would have a massive amount of wasted food & would force them to rethink their prices to be more reasonable. I mean, can ANYONE legitimately argue for a $7+ cup of soda or a $5+ hot dog or pretzel? If they didn’t have as much money from in-stadium purchases & outside branding then they wouldn’t have as much money to throw at players to essentially throw a ball. I hate that expression but ultimately it’s what they(the players) do.

        #162690
        Anonymous

          Probably on July 4th.  I think they wanted to make that the date.

          #162693
          Anonymous

            Wow, love all the comments!!!

            #162696
            Anonymous

              Today there were calls for the commissioner to resign or be fired.  I think if he even though he doesn’t control the players the full amount might be offered.  Should be an interesting few days!

              #165258

              This is on the ownership, not players.

              Let’s say you are employed and your boss GUARANTEES you $100 to play 100 games. Due to shutdown, you’re only able to play 50 games. You, as a player, basically ask “OK that’s fine, we’ll play half of a season and you pay me $50.” Ownership says “no can do, how about $30?” The teams and ownership have no legal right to cut pay on guaranteed salaries. If you were the player, would you take that deal?

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