According to Forbes, the average MLB player’s salary has fallen four straight years, from $4.1 million in 2017 to about $3.6 million this year. Despite no salary cap, the players have seen their share of total league revenue steadily decline. The players’ union is putting forth the primary complaints. What are some of the main issues each side would like to resolve with the latest CBA negotiations? Although once having the most contentious labor/management relations of any league, MLB has not had a work stoppage since the 1994-95 strike that canceled the 1994 playoffs and World Series. MLB on the other hand has always resolved their issues before the end of the CBAs and negotiated new ones without incident during this time frame (ex: 2002, 2006, 2011, 2016). In the 2000s, these disagreements have arisen just preceding CBA expiration dates and lockouts have resulted at least once for each of the other three major sport leagues (National Football League, National Basketball Association and National Hockey League). Typically, when CBAs approach their expiration there is some public jockeying with both sides making a case for what needs to be changed and threatening a work stoppage – lockout, led by the owners, or strike, led by players – if the other side won’t yield in the negotiations. The current CBA expires on December 1, 2021. Can you explain some of the current tension between the MLB and the players’ union in regard to drafting a new CBA? Joel Maxcy, PhD, a professor in the LeBow College of Business, spoke with the Drexel News Blog about what the MLB and its players union disagree on and the likelihood of a lockout or strike. There is speculation as to whether there will be a work stoppage – either led by the MLB owners or the players – if an agreement is not met.
But MLB and its players union, the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA), don’t see eye to eye.
The current collective bargaining agreement is set to expire Tuesday, December 1 at 11:59 p.m. That is, if negotiations for the new MLB collective bargaining agreement (CBA) go smoothly. Major League Baseball (MLB) pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training in February 2022.
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