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Originally Posted by Amaras
Sorry Pan, but I agree with djt. These ridiculous salaries are supported in the market, until they aren't. To date, they can get away with it. I liked what you wrote, and agree with almost all of it, but UNTIL the bottom drops out, they are merely getting all they can.
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But that's my point. Why continue disenfranchising fans, the very fans you are going to depend on to pay those salaries?
We see what unions and greed, management and greed have done to corporate America.... why would you want to do that to your sport?
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Just like I do from where I work, and I hope you do as well.
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No, I don't. I look at the company I work for as a team. As long as ownership doesn't exploit the worker and pay way below market and make golden parachutes for themselves, I'm ok with it. If Management does this, then I think there is a need for unions, government or an outside arbitrator to step in and correct the problem.
I feel the same whether I am a worker or when I owned a business..... Fair wages in all areas that allow growth and company stability in hard times. When times are good, pay can increase to share the good fortunes, when times are bad, you may have lower or no raises until business picks back up and the company is solid again.
If all businesses ran that way, if MLB ran that way, no one could complain and I don't think we'd have the economic turmoil we have now.
Management, workers and even customers ALL need to realize they need to work together. MLB seems to think each team, each subsidiary, needs to destroy the other financially. Then the players seem to think that they are owed far more than anyone else on the planet. Meanwhile, both sides fuck over the customer.
What happens to MLB when the broadcasters, corporate America and the fans stand up and say enough? And why continue too play Russian Roulette, knowing there will be a time when it happens.... but yet instead of trying to prevent it, MLB keeps pushing the envelope and I wonder if they actually want that time to come because you have owners who don't care about the whole.