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Originally Posted by ravinhood
In all fairness a contract should work both ways. You play I pay you a contract salary. You don't play I pay you a minimum wage. That's the way it works in the real world and I've been in a union myself.  ) |
Uh, no. There is no single way "it works." Every industry and every business has different ways they like to structure their workforce and their employment contracts and compensation. In the case of industries where the workforce is unionized, the options the employer has are limited by collective bargaining.
In the case of baseball, the owners have agreed to take on the risk of playing injured players who cannot perform.
The players in turn have agreed to a system in which they are not free to work for the employer of their choice or earn what a free market commands until they have completed a years-long period of indentured service. They have also agreed to allow their contracts to be sold, creating a situation that can create immense disruption to their personal and family lives. They agree to long and highly irregular work hours.
There is a lot about baseball that is very, very different from the typical workplace. If you don't think most of those differences work to the advantage of the owners, you're out of your gourd.