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Originally Posted by RainMaker
Players signed a contract and said they would honor it. How is any of this on them?
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He got out negotiated in 2016 and has been whining about it ever since. If that deal didn't get him replaced then what he agreed to in March certainly should have. He pushed for $170 million guaranteed without getting any guarantees on the framework of a schedule or guarantees that games would be played. He agreed to cut 1100 minor league jobs this year and about 600 next year but he got the year of service time in the event any games are played.
He gave the league full control over creating a schedule, but doesn't want to play 50 games because that $170 million that was guaranteed is considered an upfront payment on salaries in the event any games are played. So only playing 50 games at full prorated probably doesn't make things worth it for the top tier of salaries.
The owners have been terrible as well, but Tony Clark is a absolute disaster and with a better PA President we probably already have an agreement for games.
I'm not taking sides here, as I said, both are in the wrong. However, watching Tony Clark continue to shit the bed in negotiations, then whine about the agreement, and then refuse to negotiate further is getting old.