I personally love it, I think the whole deferred money situation is ridiculous but also hilarious, but I’m curious what the people here think of it.
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There will always be a divide between rich and poor owners, even in salary capped leagues. MLB has a serious issue where there are too many owners that outright refuse to spend and it seriously damages the sport. They need a salary floor badly. Dodgers, more than having the money to spend, actually wanted to spend it on him to make the Japan dollar (and also improve the team so that they can all-but guarantee yearly 100+ win disappointments in the postseason).
I’ve commented this on Reddit a lot, but there’s a reason there’s no floor.
The cheap owners hate the idea of a floor, the MLBPA absolutely refuses to entertain the idea of a cap unless the owners agree to a floor, so here we are today. The MLBPA is the strongest athlete’s union for a reason.
I have no problem with players making their money, or refusing to get a cap without a floor, it's the cheap owners refusing to make the product even okay that ruins my taste of the sport. I love watching the college world series, but I don't really care about MLB other than score watching the postseason.
I back the players, I was just explaining why there’s no cap or floor.