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They're doing the same thing NFL owners did to divide the players.
 

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Rich Paul looking at this salary shyt like :jbhmm:

I wonder how many of these players with a high powered agent like Boras have deals that gave them the bulk of their $ upfront or does it mean nothing since the season never even started.
 

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Yeah baseball done this year. Like I understand the players would have to take a haircut but to only be getting 20% of your salary is wild. Trout suppose to go from making 36mil to 7mil but the A's owner just said he about to stop paying their minor league guys at the end of the month :skip:
 

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Get mike on the phone

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Baseball might not recover from this for years. A good amount of those minor league guys may have to retire or find work overseas, which probably will be tough because the market may be oversaturated. :lupe:
 

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The players are 100% right on this.

Just prorate the contracts for half the season. If you earn 10M a year, you get 5M....or however it is normally paid out (whether it's throughout the year or throughout the season).
I always understood that you cannot de-value contracts in MLB. This was THE reason why Alex Rodriguez ended up in a Yankees uniform and not a Red Sox one.
 

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Baseball might not recover from this for years. A good amount of those minor league guys may have to retire or find work overseas, which probably will be tough because the market may be oversaturated. :lupe:

It won't. The public perception looks bad.

The players are 100% right on this.

Just prorate the contracts for half the season. If you earn 10M a year, you get 5M....or however it is normally paid out (whether it's throughout the year or throughout the season).
I always understood that you cannot de-value contracts in MLB. This was THE reason why Alex Rodriguez ended up in a Yankees uniform and not a Red Sox one.

Make them play 100 games with doubleheaders for the top tier players to get half of what they want.
 
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