Episode Details

Domonique Foxworth is joined by MLBPA interim executive director Bruce Meyer for an inside look at the MLB labor negotiations as MLB pushes for a salary cap. They discuss the negotiations through the lens of Foxworth's experience as president of the NFLPA and Meyer's experience with the MLBPA and other unions, and argue that a salary cap would benefit owners but it would hurt players and the sport.

0:00 Intro

0:30 Earliest baseball memories

3:18 Dodgers' role in the salary cap debate

5:58 MLB's salary cap ads

9:42 Why a salary cap won't solve MLB's problems

11:28 The MLBPA's push to improve baseball

14:33 Owners' grievances

19:21 Private equity's impact

21:56 Luxury tax

23:03 The MLBPA's demands

24:27 How unions have evolved

27:26 Confidence in the players sticking together

30:43 The MLBPA's strong culture

36:52 MLBPA's plan if there's a lockout

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