Reply to "2011 Draft versus 2012 Draft"

Rob Kremer1,000+ posts

Seems to me that a "hard" slotting system that had real teeth (meaning the penalties for paying over slot are a real deterrent)would benefit both the owners and the current MLB players.

For the owners, it would basically be a price fixing scheme. (And exempt from anti-trust law as they are, they could get away with it.)

For the current MLB players, it frees up owner money that they can try to bargain for in the form of free agent salaries and elements of the collective bargaining agreement, such as minimum salaries.

So they will likely attempt to put a hard slotting system in, and since it benefits both sides, my sense is that it will happen.

Are there downsides for the owners in a hard slotting system? I can't think of any. Are there disadvantages to current MLB players?

1/14/1110:46 PM

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