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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
In most leagues yes. If owners remain united, they hold all the cards at the end of the day.
The problem baseball has though, is that there is much more discrepancy between the haves and the have-nots. No matter what rule changes are decided upon, the Yankees, the Dodgers, and the Red Sox are going to make money. Lots of money. So there is only one thing they don't want - a stoppage.
So they are very prone to caving.
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In the history of baseball the owners have never caved
That’s why baseball doesn’t have a hard cap , has the weakest soft cap penalties , and no cap floor
Why would the top clubs cave when they have the deep pockets to wait out the players and ensure another decade of financial dominance ? If anything it’s the lower revenue clubs who would be prone to cave . But the Yankees and Dodgers line their owners pockets with profits through luxury tax and national
TV deals and allow them not to spend on players so they have no incentive either