Major League Baseball has a new approach to reducing the financial toll of playing without fans. And it's highly unpopular within the players association.
The financial proposal the owners presented the MLBPA on Tuesday included additional pay cuts, on top of the players’ already prorated salaries, according to multiple reports. Those cuts would affect all players but range depending on the player's pay, with the highest-paid players taking on the largest burden.
The players association characterized the proposal as “extremely disappointing,” and described the cuts as “massive.”
ESPN reported that the highest-paid players could receive less than 40 percent of their full-season salaries.