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Originally Posted by Amazin69
It's called capitalism. They make a product, people are willing to pay for it, and some of the revenue goes to the people who actually do the work. (Better them than ownership, I always say. Besides, Uncle Stevie already has $765,000,000…that's how he can afford to pay it.)
Now, would it be great if we had a system where more of that $$$ went to teachers and nurses and firemen and conservation guides and…well, me? Yes, but that's an entirely different economic system and that would take a lot more doing than simply grumping about, as I'm sure you know.
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I have a good friend whose dad was a steelworker near Pittsburgh, from the late 50's to around 1980.
His dad told me, many years ago, that the unions KNEW that they were running their company out of business with their demands..."but we gave it a hell of a run."
I see baseball players doing this, cheerfully. They don't care about the fans, any more than the owners do. Or Scott Boras.
Anyway, I would be COMPLETELY OK with MLB going out of business, setting up a salary cap, and starting over, with all the players that want to play. It would cost them billions in lawsuits, money that they would make up pretty quickly.