Chris Mack Slams MLBPA for Refusing to Negotiate on Salary Cap

You Better You Bet

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🗓️ 29 May 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Chris Mack argues that the MLB Players Association is acting in bad faith by rejecting a proposal that balances a salary cap with a significant payroll floor. He also criticizes the NBA's restructured draft lottery for rewarding mediocre teams instead of truly addressing tanking issues.

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0:45.7	It's probably going to get very, very ugly over at least the next six months and maybe beyond between Major League Baseball and the Players Association.
0:57.0	I'll tell you why I think there's only one side here really negotiating in good faith after
1:01.6	what went down yesterday. Also, the NBA draft lottery has officially been changed.
1:08.5	29 teams voted yes. One team said, no, we're really going to get screwed here.
1:14.5	That was the Grizzlies.
1:15.7	We'll go over why I think it's a ridiculous knee-jerk reaction to the tanking that happened this year
1:22.1	and why it just breaks something that didn't need to be fixed, in my opinion.
1:30.2	Plus, Herm Edwards joins us in 20 minutes to talk about OTAs going on around the NFL.
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