{"id":5969,"date":"2026-07-14T16:39:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T16:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5969"},"modified":"2026-07-14T16:39:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T16:39:00","slug":"baseball-union-head-criticizes-mlb-salary-cap-ad-campaign-says-claims-of-economic-woe-are-perverse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5969","title":{"rendered":"Baseball union head criticizes MLB salary cap ad campaign, says claims of economic woe are perverse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>PHILADELPHIA (AP) \u2014 The head of baseball\u2019s players\u2019 union chastised management on Tuesday for its advertising campaign in support of a salary cap.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5967\">Poga\u010dar powers to 3rd stage victory to demoralize rivals and extend Tour de France lead<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bruce Meyer, who took over when Tony Clark was forced out in February, said the sport was thriving.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe supposed stewards of the game have spent an inordinate amount of time trying to convince those same fans that they don\u2019t have hope or they shouldn\u2019t have hope or that the product that they\u2019re paying to consume in record numbers is somehow broken,\u201d he said. \u201cI think it\u2019s perverse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Attendance has averaged 29,230 this season, up 1.2% from 28,895 through similar dates last year. MLB is on pace for its highest attendance since 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Management in May proposed a salary cap system, which players say they will never accept. MLB\u2019s \u201cLevel the Field\u201d campaign claims fans support a salary cap, a system baseball players have long rejected.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5965\">UK police say former politician and TV personality Ann Widdecombe was killed in \u2018targeted attack\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that this system is bad for players and would be for generations to come,\u201d Meyer said.<\/p>\n<p>Baseball\u2019s five-year labor contract expires Dec. 1 and management is expected to immediately start a lockout, the sport\u2019s 10th work stoppage since 1972. 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