How we got here: Inside the decade that brought players and owners to a looming labor fight
New York TimesThe seats on the bus. “That 2011 deal was really the first one where players first started to kind of give things back,” an industry source said. New, as well: Some teams that went over the CBT threshold could also incur penalties in both the amateur draft and their international spending pool, through what can be termed “non-monetary penalties.” One industry source regretted that the players did not fight harder for a greater increase. “When the CBT doesn’t go up, it automatically means you’re going to be spending less on players and pouring it more into other places,” a large-market executive said. “Rob has always been one to try to convince owners why the way they were running their businesses didn’t make sense,” an industry source said.
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