Inside the MLBPA's fight against a salary cap w/ MLBPA executive director Bruce Meyer

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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