October 19, 2016

Anti-Draft

Via BBTF, someone agrees with my opposition to an international draft:

Regardless of the other disastrous outcomes for amateur baseball writ large, when that draft is expanded and imposed on young players without their consent, limiting their economic freedom at what may be their one chance to truly exercise it? When billionaires take from the pockets of Latinos to avoid having to pay the going rate for their talents, and drive those markets out of existence? That’s not just immoral and unethical, it’s reprehensible. And it’s un-American.

The exact same thing is true to the amateur draft overall. Instead of going along with MLB, the MLBPA should be fighting to abolish all amateur drafts.

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