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I am so fucking confused with the turn this thread took.

It's covered in this article and I dunno, I'm not Enos Sarris. https://theathletic.com/3111064/2022/02/04/lets-talk-about-cba-issues-competitive-balance-tax/

lmao

Everyone today: HOT STOVE My inner thoughts: Manfred is gonna fuck this up.

The owners desperation for it makes me think they have TV deals already lined up.

And this one. The world is straight up purging Russia from international society.

Man made me proud.

Y'all are right, we had reading comprehension issues due to the thread title. It said work stoppage and it should have said lockout all along.

Feels like the world is collectively trying to force Russia into a revolution.

Because it isn't congruent with all of your arguments.

So like, shouldn't Poppysox - who wants us to have as few playoff teams as possible (2) - be pulling hard for the players here if this were about substance on the table other than who gets $$$?

DogeCoin and Robux (for the children's videogame Roblox) are currently worth more than the ruble.

I know I'm late to these, but I don't know to the first and the second does not apply to me.

MLB.TV is set to automatically on Tuesday if you're a subscriber, so unless you're extremely confident that a CBA deal is reached Monday, you might want to consider canceling.

It's pretty clear from today's negotiation that the owners are negotiating in bad faith and have always planned on doing as such.

I mean, yeah. I've passed up two separate jobs where I'd have been paid probably $20K-$50K more than what I'm currently making so I can stay in my industry, so I get it. You also said "any amount", so either you're moving the goal posts now or you were lying earlier.

The proof is probably on Bleacher Report, Passan just didn't scroll far enough.

Sweden came out and basically said it wouldn't. Finland said it'd apply if needed. But they're also part of the EU, and Article 42.7 says that if they're attacked, the EU comes to its aid. Considering so many EU nations are part of NATO, well, you can do the math. Russia can't win a conventional war against the EU-NATO, hence Putin's madman threats. Right now, some good news is China and Switzerland are actually hitting Russia financially, which was a bit unexpected.

It's actually a group comprised of Einstein, James Dean, LOCKED OUT, Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, and they meet in Disneyland

I enjoy these two responses:

This dude was a comedian in 2019, now with an unfathomable weight on his shoulders. And god bless every Russian standing against this. They're probably the best hope to end this in a "best case" scenario.

Since he didn't respond to me, I'm assuming he'd play for the $18-24K that Gil Luna might make.

I've had supervisors who make above $200K. While not the MLB minimum, their career length blows the average MLB length out of the water. So while I might not reach that, it's way more attainable than billionaire. But you'd play baseball for "damn near any amount of pay," so how about what minor leaguers make - $8,000 and $14,000. We'll be generous and give you the $20,000 that a draft pick like Fraser Ellard (White Sox 8th rounder) gets, vs. the $10K that Gil Luna (9th rounder) got, but stretch that out for your whole career.