12-04-2008, 05:09 AM
<!--quoteo(post=1169:date=Dec 4 2008, 03:26 AM:name=leonardsipes)-->QUOTE (leonardsipes @ Dec 4 2008, 03:26 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Howry is just an example of a salary that went down (a lot if you consider total contract). What I think indicates collusion, is that so few players were offered arb.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Tony Massarotti of the Boston Globe suggested this in his article offering 5 reasons for teams not offering arb and the slow start to the offseason:
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->5. Collusion?
Agents rarely make this claim on the record, of course, but they always wonder: Are the owners conspiring? In most cases, accusations of the like are nothing more than paranoia. But given the past behavior of major league owners and the measures to which some will go to manage costs, there is always the possibility that something sinister is taking place.
Especially when the former chairman of the Fed speaks to them as a group.
For as much venom as is frequently directed at players for being selfish, egocentric and out of touch, the owners can be richer and more spoiled. ("Millionaires against billionaires," is how one agent puts it.) Owners are just as capable of greed and self-indulgence, though most of them don't lead nearly the public lives of their employees.
The ones that do -- like Mark Cuban, for instance -- draw our ire as easily as Manny Ramirez does.
The point? Let's not rule out the possibility that owners are being difficult and unreasonable, too. As always, it takes two to tango.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Link(A slow burn to the Hot Stove)
Tony Massarotti of the Boston Globe suggested this in his article offering 5 reasons for teams not offering arb and the slow start to the offseason:
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->5. Collusion?
Agents rarely make this claim on the record, of course, but they always wonder: Are the owners conspiring? In most cases, accusations of the like are nothing more than paranoia. But given the past behavior of major league owners and the measures to which some will go to manage costs, there is always the possibility that something sinister is taking place.
Especially when the former chairman of the Fed speaks to them as a group.
For as much venom as is frequently directed at players for being selfish, egocentric and out of touch, the owners can be richer and more spoiled. ("Millionaires against billionaires," is how one agent puts it.) Owners are just as capable of greed and self-indulgence, though most of them don't lead nearly the public lives of their employees.
The ones that do -- like Mark Cuban, for instance -- draw our ire as easily as Manny Ramirez does.
The point? Let's not rule out the possibility that owners are being difficult and unreasonable, too. As always, it takes two to tango.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Link(A slow burn to the Hot Stove)
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