It is soon a period of collective bargaining between the Owners and the MLBPA before this upcoming 2022 season. Some have speculated that the Owners are not above collusion in bringing top salaries down for the imminent future and this could lead us to another lockout in negotiation. Is this the road we're heading in? Isn't this really just another word for economic restructuring in bringing top salaries down from $35 Million U.S.D/year to something like $15 Million U.S.D/year? Wouldn't this allow for ticket prices to come down as well as provide more money for the minor leaguers and the 1st and 2nd year guys? Who really suffers if the Fernando Tatis Jr.'s and the Manny Machado's are humbled in the future. Personally my $28,000 CDN/year is an honest set of earnings. Is anyone really worth $35 Million U.S.D/year? Tell me how much more do we have to take before we realize that maybe Castro was right the whole time long. Does America suffer if there is economic restructuring set forth by this years' collective bargaining agreement? What if there are provisions set forth to up the hourly wage of any stadium position (including food bar employees) a raise up to $30/Hour. This could and should be addressed in the negotiations between the Owners and the MLBPA for the simplicity of rationale and reasoning in how the children learn from these examples of gross misappropriations of payments made to performers who may or may not fulfill expectations, and, to what level will America demand success out of their people? Wasn't it learned in Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Cuba, and Mexico among other Nations that excel at Baseball that you can't top 73 Home-Runs in a year until G-d himself allows for the occurrence. This is essentially the definition of the Man G-d, the idea that before the acknowledgement of man being beyond great that he pales in comparison to the presence of the Lord (but to learn along the way).
It is for this reason that I support a collective bargaining agreement that brings down the top salaries to something manageable and this is for the psyche of our children in today's' age. A minor leaguer and first and second year guys stands to gain from the agreement in principle as there is no reason a guy in his first year shouldn't see a return in playing in the bigs' in the name of a minimum $1 Mil U.S.D/year up from $200,000 and a raise would be in place for the minor leaguers to make $200,000/year up from $50-100K/year. At this point, from a socialist perspective our society could put deals together between the MLBPA and other Unions to secure lines of payments for their constituents. Why shouldn't the teacher's union and the construction unions not benefit by having trade of funds between their union and the MLBPA? Wouldn't that help to keep demand of attendance high?
The reality is that there have been lockouts and strikes in years' past that didn't need to happen. In 1982 the NFL took on scab players to draw as many fans as they could without marquee players at their disposal when those players hit the strike lines. There were also losses endured by the Canadian Auto Workers Union in their negotiation with G.M in the early 2000's, which resulted in thousands of jobs moving to Mexico (as they can get away with paying their workers less there). The workers ended up closing down Oshawa by not considering a lesser yearly salary, and look at how the city of Oshawa has been hit economically as a result.
There should be a provision in the last year of the agreement set forth to determine whether they feel the other party is acting in good faith going into the negotiations. If either party feels the other isn't operating in good faith they can call on an early arbitration ruling to resolve whatever the root issue is before going into the early stages of collective bargaining for the upcoming agreement. This would make it practically impossible for there to be upcoming strikes and lockouts in the future.
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