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Message: [QUOTE="storrsroars, post: 3303580, member: 2500"] Point #1 may be true. Point #2 is simply a bad idea. I don't know if I even care how much a management group makes. I do care that they are essentially stewards of something akin to a public trust in their cities. One of the positives about MLB has long been that it's been an affordable ticket to most fans, unlike every other major sport. A floor would increase ticket prices as a starting point while not addressing competitiveness. Point #2 also ignores the current compensation system, which widely available analytics conclusively shows the value of players and is skewed very heavily to those in pre-arb/arb situations who can't test free agency. There are very few post-arb "superstars" worth their salaries. Somehow, that needs to be addressed with either shorter terms of team control or earlier qualification for arbitration or both. Additionally, and this is certainly a sore point for us in Pittsburgh, there needs to be something like an "anti-luxury tax" that would still allow a team to "tank" for a year, but would have some sort of 3-to-5 year rolling average on "competitiveness" that would dictate how much revenue sharing a team gets. That would reward better management. And if an ownership group fails to meet competitiveness standards repeatedly (term tbd), then MLB will step in and take control. Whatever happens in the next CBA, the MLBPA can't be shortsighted in just promoting the interests of its veteran membership, most of whom aren't worth their salaries. Compensation for minor leaguers, draft compensation, and compensation especially players in their first six years needs to be the primary focus. Speaking as a Pirates fan, let's not forget it was a big market team (Red Sox) who forced a change to the draft because a small market team (Pirates) actually did spend significant $$ on the draft, outspending every other team in MLB for several years before the "draft pool" was instituted. See Bell, Josh. [/QUOTE]

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