Baseball contract limits tobacco use

Associated Press ^ | 11/22/2011 | Associated Press

[Responsibility2nd]

WASHINGTON — Baseball's new labor deal will limit the use of smokeless tobacco by players, but not ban it during games, as some public health groups had sought.

A baseball union summary obtained by The Associated Press says that players have agreed not to carry tobacco cans in their back pockets or use tobacco during pregame or postgame interviews and at team functions.

[Hegewisch Dupa]

Culling the herd a little bit sure wouldn’t hurt; but it’s more like a team too big makes the league fail.

[gusty]

What I need is to believe that I’m not in the minority. That is someone who actually believes in Capitalism. I’m cynical, I think must people do not believe in the free market, even so called Conservatives, and I’m not talking about RINO’s. So I will go rest after a dip of Long Cut Wintergreen.

[JimC214]

Except the Pirates take the money and don’t use it to improve the team. They were caught doing this and ole Bud sort of ducked the issue.

[Huck]

I believe in capitalism. I think the MLB owners should crush the players union.

[gusty]

You might think you do. Reminds me of those Tea Party Members who want smaller government, but don’t touch their Medicare and Social Security.

[Huck]

Reminds me of those Tea Party Members who want smaller government, but don’t touch their Medicare and Social Security.

I agree. No one wants their own ox getting gored. What that has to do with the player's union not letting owners set reasonable wages is beyond me.

[Huck]

Except the Pirates take the money and don’t use it to improve the team. They were caught doing this and ole Bud sort of ducked the issue.

Which is why a salary cap is a better solution. Don't all the other major sports have a cap?

[shortstop]

The sound you hear is Nellie Fox rolling over in his grave.

[JimC214]

I believe you are correct.

[Huck]

IMO, the owners should have broken the players’ union back in 94. Sooner or later, they’d have come back. What else are they going to do?

[Hegewisch Dupa]

God bless ya for getting it

[gusty]

I have been away awhile, but here it goes. The players union is not preventing the owners from setting wages now. They never have. Each owner is free to offer a player as little as they want. However other owners can offer more. The owners compete with the each other for talent. Just like some companies compete for good engineers. I understand the emotional arguments that pertain to sports, but in the end it is business, nothing personal. I find it ironic that in the true land of Socialism, Europe, professional sports is structured in a more Capitalist way than here in the USA.

[Huck]

Just like some companies compete for good engineers.

Wrong. Competing companies aren't in a league. They are separate businesses. Baseball franchises are just that--franchises. They belong to a league. MLB is the business. The teams are sub-sets of that business. Therefore MLB should set a salary cap if they want--just like their more successful competitors (NBA, NFL) have done.

[Hegewisch Dupa]

It’s naive of people to think that the Yankees are competing financially with the Twins. Dudes need to get a clue and understand that they are both competing with the NFL, and with the movies, and Disneyland. That’s the true picture