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Originally Posted by mrkajz44
My understanding is the 50-50 split is just for this year, but that doesn't change the fact that the owners are not sharing in good times, but wanting everyone to share in the bad times.
I suppose I just don't understand why it always seems to be the players that are the bad guys when the owners take advantage of them as often as possible. I see nothing unreasonable about they players saying they don't want to make a massive pay cut (ie 50-50 revenue shares) so the owners don't have a bad year when its really the players at risk if anything starts up again.
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IMO the baseball owners have not been taking advantage of the players. The lack of a salary cap tied to revenues hasn’t exactly hurt the players. Not like they’ve been asking for one.
Now what the owners are trying to do here is suspect, don’t get me wrong, but let the players come back with a counter. Because if the owners don’t see a reduction in salaries I don’t know if it’s worthwhile for them to have a season. They might lose less money by shuttering the league for a year.