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What's this?

I have 0 empathy


for guys that play a sport for a living and make 7 figures. If it isn't fair - go do something else.

If you could magically remove the top 50% of players (skill wise) from the MLB game and replace them with minor league guys - who would gladly do it at half the cost if allowed - a large majority of people watching baseball wouldn't even notice the difference in skill level - they'd have nothing to compare it to.

That's the alternative (even though won't happen) that players don't think about.

If that level of skill is in such demand, create another league - be the owners.

This isn't a mining company town where players can't afford to eat - where unions provided a needed balance.

On the flip side, the egos of the owners is partially responsible for insanely high player's salaries. They want to win - for many of them another million a player to win a championship would be worth it in bragging rights alone - much less the increased revenue for a championship team.
Sounds like supply and demand working to me.


(In response to this post by J-Dub)

Posted: 03/02/2022 at 11:22AM


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