MLB stars address salary cap, owners saying baseball is broken ahead of All-Star Game: 'Bad for the game'
Major League Baseball is the last remaining big US sport that doesn't have a salary cap, and if you ask some of baseball's best players, it's clear they want to keep it that way.MLB's owners have united over the past few months, spurred on by criticism of the Los Angeles Dodgers and their willingness to try and win more games than the opposition, in pushing for one. The league has posted misleading graphics on their social media platforms in order to promote that view.
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Major League Baseball is the last remaining big US sport that doesn't have a salary cap, and if you ask some of baseball's best players, it's clear they want to keep it that way.MLB's owners have united over the past few months, spurred on by criticism of the Los Angeles Dodgers and their willingness to try and win more games than the opposition, in pushing for one. The league has posted misleading graphics on their social media platforms in order to promote that view. They've told fans that the sport they buy tickets for is broken and beyond repair, unless owners are allowed to limit what they spend on payroll.In a season where competitive balance is on full display, they've advertised that small market teams have little-to-no hope of winning a World Series. So how do the players feel about commissioner Rob Manfred and the New York office telling them that baseball is broken?
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- What's the story?
- Major League Baseball is the last remaining big US sport that doesn't have a salary cap, and if you ask some of baseball's best players, it's clear they want to keep it that way.MLB's owners have united over the past few months, spurred on by criticism of the Los Angeles Dodgers and their willingness to try and win more games than the opposition, in pushing for one. The league has posted misleading graphics on their social media platforms in order to promote that view.
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MLB stars address salary cap, owners saying baseball is broken ahead of All-Star Game: 'Bad for the game'
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