A week ago, Major League Baseball owners proposed a nearly 50/50 split of revenues for players in a shortened, 82-game 2020 season.
Players almost immediately rejected that idea, with MLBPA chief Tony Clark saying:
“A system that restricts player pay based on revenues is a salary cap, period. This is not the first salary cap proposal our union has received. It probably won’t be the last.”
Now. Far be it from me to defend MLB owners on anything — I’m firmly in the players’ camp, especially with the things they’ve lost in recent collective-bargaining agreements — but here, the owners might have a point.