MLBPA sees clear distance from MLB in CBA talks
Key takeaways
- The players had long been anticipating a salary cap proposal from Major League Baseball's owners.
- Meyer, the Major League Baseball Players Association's interim executive director, said the league "effectively managed to cobble together the worst system for players in any major sport, and not even close."
- "I thought they would try harder to make it look good," Meyer added while on a videoconference with the media Monday, "and they didn't even do that."
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The players had long been anticipating a salary cap proposal from Major League Baseball's owners. But their lead negotiator, Bruce Meyer, believes what MLB ultimately proposed was even worse, a clear sign of the distance between the two sides just six months before the current collective bargaining agreement expires.
Meyer, the Major League Baseball Players Association's interim executive director, said the league "effectively managed to cobble together the worst system for players in any major sport, and not even close."
"I thought they would try harder to make it look good," Meyer added while on a videoconference with the media Monday, "and they didn't even do that."