Bellhorn04
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Bowden also suggests the players feel like they lost the last 2 negotiations and determined to win this one. Which does sound credible...
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I think Bowden has a great proposal on the luxury tax - say yes to the stiffer penalties, but bump the threshold up to 240 million. As notin might say, even Dombrowski should be able to put together a good team for 239 million.
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https://theathletic.com/3128010/2022/02/14/bowden-its-time-for-mlb-players-to-make-the-owners-an-overwhelming-offer/
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Yeah, I wish I could link the article but it's pay-walled, of course.
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FWIW Jim Bowden of The Athletic thinks the owners have made considerably more concessions to the players than vice versa.
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Strictly a guess, but I think he made the right call. Became one of the best closers in the game, won a ring, made plenty of dough.
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I don't disagree. I'm just wondering if a floor has even been discussed. If not, I can't see them introducing it at this late stage. But who knows.
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It should, yes. Are there any indications a floor is being talked about in the current negotiations?
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A cap potentially affects every single free agent, even the cheap ones, by potentially taking richer teams with cap issues out of the bidding.
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I see you have your hands full.
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Not when the penalties are the equivalent of a hard cap. That's a major change.
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They've had revenue sharing provisions for years, and some of that money comes from the luxury tax. The Rays have proven that you can succeed at lower payroll levels if you're, you know, smart. But is it the Red Sox fault that their revenue is so much higher than most?
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The players are concerned that if those rich teams are subject to a virtual hard cap, it's going to limit the spending on free agents in general. The system is set up so that free agency is where the real payoff is for the players. They work cheap a few years and then they hit the open market. They don't like the idea of that market being clamped down on.
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I think the bottom line is the owners are trying to shove something down the players throats. It doesn't bode well for a full season.
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But like I say, why do the owners all of a sudden think such a huge change needs to be made in the tax rates and penalties? They're not making enough money? I don't get it.
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I think you're missing the real point about this. The players think the tax curtails spending on free agents. And they're right.
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It probably deterred them in 2021.
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The owners trying to impose a hard cap is like them saying "There was a semi-soft cap, but we're taking it away. End of story." We can ask why is that a big deal to the players, but on the other hand, why is it such a big deal to the owners all of a sudden?
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Easy for us to say, but I can see why the players are balking at having a virtual hard cap imposed.
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Can't forget there are other penalties besides the tax itself. MLB wants to make those stiffer too. They're proposing that if you go over the threshold the third time in a row, you not only pay 100% tax, you lose your first-round draft pick. They want to make it so stupid to go over that no team will want to do it.
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They certainly did. I'm not saying they're turning into the Pirates. But the old Yankees would have added another expensive starter to Cole. Their total payroll has kind of "stabilized" in recent years.
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The Yankees have arguably been deterred by the tax for a while now. When was the last time they paid a big chunk of it?
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The thing is, bumping the rates that much is almost the same as establishing a hard cap.
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Well, I think we have good reason to be concerned that we're not going to get a full season, based on the less than glorious history of MLB negotiations. But if you're OK with a 120 game season, then sure, you can sit back and relax...
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I understand how you feel. The only issue for me is that as a pro sports fan, I have to admit that I'm part of the problem. If it wasn't for pro sports fans, there would be no pro sports teams and no team owners.
