c-o-c --- I am not sure why my post is off topic. It is the reason the pay structure is what it is, which is the subject of this thread...or at least that is what I thought.
When Boras starting getting $20MM+ deals for draft picks he was starting to cost real money. Owners can't control themselves and players saw it as a threat to the rank & file if hundreds of millions started getting poured into prospects instead of the membership. Both sides agreed it had to stop and that is exactly what they did.
Professional Baseball is not a game. It is a business. First and always...money.
Sorry Luv, your post and another earlier in the thread with the off topic line were just posts I copied but I guess I didn't do it right because they didn't say quote. The off topic line was from the fifth quote down.