SHOCKING scandal rocks MLBPA leading to Tony Clark's resignation! What does this mean for labor negotiations with MLB!? (Episode 1415 Hour 1)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Baseball, Business

4.7 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Today’s word of the day is ‘peace’ as in labor peace as in Major League Baseball as in Tony Clark as in MLBPA as in negotiations as in resignation. Wow. A shocking scandal has rocked the players’ union. What does it all mean? Is this bad for the union? Are the owners giddy? (21:30) The fight over revenue in baseball is real. A lot of that is going to come from a new national television package. And MLB commissioner Rob Manfred gave us an inside look into what that may be. (31:20) Review: Anemone. (34:30) Mark Cuban says the NBA should embrace tanking. He says all teams tank. He tanked. He paid for it. His concern is with the in-arena experience being too expensive. (45:00) NPPOD. (47:10) The Minnesota Twins have some problems. So much money to players who can’t play. The team looks bad. The team will likely be bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:14.7	2026. Peace, baby, as in labor peace in major league baseball. No, there's no labor piece in
1:25.9	major league baseball, but we've got a major update for you breaking as of yesterday,
1:33.1	the longtime executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association,
1:39.7	Tony Clark, has submitted his resignation in February of 2006.
1:47.0	After 13 years, several collective bargain agreements, a long career as a player, famous
2:00.0	as the first former player
2:02.9	to rise to be the executive director of MLBPA.
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