Diverging Roads in a Green Wood – The Athletics’ and Marlins’ Payrolls

Diverging Roads in a Green Wood – The Athletics’ and Marlins’ Payrolls

The Athletic recently reported that two small market baseball clubs – the Athletics and the Miami Marlins – are in jeopardy of having grievances filed against them for spending insufficient money on their player payrolls.[1]  This article uses those examples to explain Major League Baseball’s Collective Bargaining Agreement’s grievance process and revenue sharing program.Grievances under the Collective Bargaining AgreementThe Collective Bargaini…