Dominik85 posted:Problem is the union doesn't represent minor leaguers and actually minor leaguers are competition for the union members who try to take their job away.
The union has no reason to support minor leaguers albeit of course every union member used to be a minor leaguer.
Basically the minors are a shark tank you have to swim through to get to the promised land and anyone in that land just wants to keep his privilege and thinks "I went through this so the young guys should too". This is egoistical of course but it is like most humans workn
I am surmising (because I have no direct knowledge) that the lack of representation extends into the first 3ish years of MLB service b/c those guys are junior and go along with union leadership. They don't have a lot of say in the union negotiating platform.