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Players should get 90% of revenues

They are taking all of the health risks. High Risk of catching Covid, high risk of Spreading it to family/friends, high risk of hospitalization, high risk of prolonged respiratory issues, etc. Why would they even agree to play? There are two categories of players 1) those that have made and saved more than enough to be comfortable for the rest of their healthy lives; 2) those that need to make enough to be comfortable for the rest of their Healthy lives. Most of category 2 are younger players. They may want to risk playing now, with some form of special COVID insurance; or wait until a vaccine comes along and take the Covid risk off the table

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Posted: 05/15/2020 at 11:56AM

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Chris Davis agrees. ** -- Hockey Dad 05/15/2020 4:29PM

He has a point... -- Beerman 05/15/2020 3:29PM

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I have more sympathy for millionaires with a short earning window than the -- NokieHokie 05/15/2020 11:05AM

Players should get 90% of revenues -- armyhokie88 05/15/2020 11:56AM

Yea, paying for capital assets, utilities, insurance, supplies -- fordham 05/15/2020 3:29PM

Oooooof. At 90% of Revenue, every team/owner would lose money. -- HWA 05/15/2020 2:03PM

And it's more so for the guys that are earning less than $1M -- hoosnowahokie 05/15/2020 11:14AM

What about the folks that have to work their whole lives (or at least 65) ** -- Hokie360 05/15/2020 11:13AM

What about them? They're irrelevant to this argument... ** -- NokieHokie 05/15/2020 11:19AM

Not entirely, hourly employees from many teams are getting cut too** -- kingofcassell 05/15/2020 11:26AM

Ahh gotcha. I thought you meant fans. Billionaires you should take care of -- NokieHokie 05/15/2020 11:39AM

The nationals, and most teams, are paying pt employees til the end of may. -- kingofcassell 05/15/2020 11:44AM

What's the difference between a millionaire and a billionaire? -- VTSnake 05/15/2020 11:01AM

I see the same fallacy in his argument I almost always see when discussing -- Tafkam Hokie 05/15/2020 10:49AM

Here's one. If they play half the season, why should they be paid for 67% -- GreencastleHokie 05/15/2020 2:13PM

Why would a team need $200m in cash for 2020? Closer to about 10% of that. -- J-Dub 05/15/2020 1:13PM

Google Fu told me average payroll for an MLB team was $200M/year -- Tafkam Hokie 05/15/2020 1:18PM

3 above $200m. 10 below $101m.** -- J-Dub 05/15/2020 2:12PM

Yeah, as a 33yo, my net worth is VASTLY different than the MIB -- hoosnowahokie 05/15/2020 11:30AM

Sure, but with those assets, you can easily get a very low interest loan -- VTSnake 05/15/2020 11:22AM

That’s why I always get a kick out of those that -- GreenvilleVT 05/15/2020 11:13AM

This needs a lot more likes ** -- HokieForever 05/15/2020 10:59AM

Yep ** -- EDGEMAN 05/15/2020 11:00AM

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05/15/2020 10:56AM

The risk the players run is alienating their fanbase... -- MP4VT2004 05/15/2020 10:31AM

Right but all of that would hurt the owners, too. -- Gobbler-100 05/15/2020 12:24PM

Right, but fans pay to watch the players. They pull for the players... -- MP4VT2004 05/15/2020 12:31PM

Players should get 90% of revenues

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