Douglas Gladstone chides the MLBPA for not doing more for players who retired before the better health care and pension provisions kicked in:
That’s why this statement found on the history page of MLBPA’s web site is so comical:
“Each generation of players has passed along a legacy and a responsibility to the next generation — a legacy built on equality, loyalty and fair play.”
And the thing is, some sports columnists are so afraid of losing their access to the clubs they cover and write about, and they’re so petrified of not being able to talk to ballplayers, they don’t challenge the union over its hypocritical statement.
Maybe the New Year will be different. Maybe 2018 will finally see Clark come to his senses. Maybe he’ll live up to the nickname that was bestowed upon him when he was an All-Star in Detroit — “Tony the Tiger.”
‘Cause the way I see it, to paraphrase the late E.Y. Yip Harburg, this Tiger is just a dandelion. He has no courage.
Whenever a person or group goes into a negotiation, there are items there can can be abandoned so that a side can give up something, without losing anything it really wants. I suspect better benefits for former players is an easy one to toss aside.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/2kM2ang
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