The CBA After 2026 Season

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Recently Bob Nutting had a conversation with Jason Mackey, and he said he wants to be involved in the next CBA discussions. This is probably not word for word , but it is close to what he indicated. Today I heard on the Fan radio broadcast a discussion about the upcoming CBA. As I listened there was talk about a ceiling and floor for teams, but the guest said he doubted the players would not agree on a ceiling, but a floor possibility was maybe 50 to 50 chance. In my simple mind I cannot see why the players and owners would not agree to a floor. All teams get revenue sharing as well as they share major network money ( such as Fox ). Those monies should be spent on team payrolls which all owners should do. Players too, should want a floor because with a floor, teams like the Pirates who spend little on payroll would have to increase payroll to retain or acquire free agent players. To me a floor is a win for both sides. In a way there is a cap already in baseball because teams which exceed a certain threshold must pay a tax. It isn't a hard cap, but it acts like a cap. Also if a salary floor was implemented, it would contain some type of annual escalator which could tie into some formula. I guess we will wait until after next season if a floor would be included into the new CBA.

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If I recall correctly, the players before declined on the idea of a floor as it's then a simple step to a ceiling and they don't want to start down that road. In a sense there is a floor already (the minimum salary times 26 at the ML level). Maybe they can tie amount spent on the ML team to revenue sharing without calling it a floor.