[Drellich] BREAKING: A mutiny is growing inside the MLBPA. Major- and minor-league player leadership confronted Tony Clark on Monday evening, urging him to replace his second-in-command, Bruce Meyer, with a former MLBPA lawyer, Harry Marino. With @Ken_Rosenthal:
March 19, 2024
[Drellich] BREAKING: A mutiny is growing inside the MLBPA. Major- and minor-league player leadership confronted Tony Clark on Monday evening, urging him to replace his second-in-command, Bruce Meyer, with a former MLBPA lawyer, Harry Marino. With @Ken_Rosenthal:
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“This motherfucker is the guy who approved the uniforms? KICK HIM OFF THE TOUR!”
Long story short: “Scott Boras has too much power”
Formula 1 level off-season drama is finally spilling over
They will all be Pirates this year.
The Manfreds send their regards
Can someone clue me in on why? Was it because of a bad free agency?
I have no clue what this means but it doesn’t give me a “we are so back” feeling
bribes
>Minor leaguers now have a significant say in the governance of the MLBPA. The executive board of the union has 72 slots: 38 belonging to big leaguers, 34 to minor leaguers.
I don’t know if its a 1 vote/1 seat thing going on but that seems like a crazy amount of representation to give to a group of players that aren’t going to spend more than a few years in pro ball
I know Harry Marino. Former minor league pitcher in the Orioles system and a really, really smart lawyer. He’s young (33ish) but would be a huge asset to the MLBPA.
From Passan:
“Over the previous 24 hours, 21 major league player representatives, after consulting with the rank-and-file, agreed on a text chain, sources said, to back the appointment of Marino, who joined the MLBPA in September 2022 when it formed a minor league unit recognized by MLB. Marino, who was hired as an assistant general counsel at the union, left in July 2023, less than three months after negotiating the first collective bargaining agreement for minor league players, who on the call were overwhelming in their support of him and hold 34 of the 72 voting positions on the union’s executive board.
Marino, 33, had generated support among players to take over the union’s labor unit — which he pledged to expand with veteran lawyers — in recent weeks. Players, sources said, lined up behind Marino, also calling for an audit of the MLBPA’s spending. Multiple high-powered agents backed Marino’s candidacy, sources said, with the perception that Meyer was ideologically aligned with agent Scott Boras.
On the call, players told ESPN, Meyer vociferously denied that being the case and advocated for his work since being hired in 2018. The discussion about Meyer’s future, players on the call said, was animated and at times argumentative — and the lack of a resolution frustrated some who had backed Marino. Late in the call, sources said, players requested that Marino be looped in to make his case as deputy executive director. Clark did not accede to it, sources said.”
Scott Boras has long been a cancer on this sport and the majority of players, including those he represents
The next CBA negotiations will be the biggest bloodbath we’ve ever seen. I’m almost 100% certain we will have a full season lockout/strike at MINIMUM.
Manfred is desperate for Meyer to stay on as MLBPA head negotiator. Why? Because Meyer is a little bitch that has rolled over for MLB every time. Marino is the one guy who bent Manfred over and raw dogged him. If Marino is the dude, the MLBPA will steamroll the owners in the next CBA.
The MLBPA is one of the weakest, if not the weakest, in all of pro-sports, I’d be amazed if this turns into anything.
Does anyone else want to confuse *freedom* for *treason*?
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“This motherfucker is the guy who approved the uniforms? KICK HIM OFF THE TOUR!”
Long story short: “Scott Boras has too much power”
Didn’t have a mutiny on my bingo card.
lockout country let’s ride
Argh mutiny be afoot tonight
https://youtu.be/KekChFdIe00?si=z3SjAyDena5L3smd
Formula 1 level off-season drama is finally spilling over
They will all be Pirates this year.
The Manfreds send their regards
Can someone clue me in on why? Was it because of a bad free agency?
I have no clue what this means but it doesn’t give me a “we are so back” feeling
bribes
>Minor leaguers now have a significant say in the governance of the MLBPA. The executive board of the union has 72 slots: 38 belonging to big leaguers, 34 to minor leaguers.
I don’t know if its a 1 vote/1 seat thing going on but that seems like a crazy amount of representation to give to a group of players that aren’t going to spend more than a few years in pro ball
I know Harry Marino. Former minor league pitcher in the Orioles system and a really, really smart lawyer. He’s young (33ish) but would be a huge asset to the MLBPA.
From Passan:
“Over the previous 24 hours, 21 major league player representatives, after consulting with the rank-and-file, agreed on a text chain, sources said, to back the appointment of Marino, who joined the MLBPA in September 2022 when it formed a minor league unit recognized by MLB. Marino, who was hired as an assistant general counsel at the union, left in July 2023, less than three months after negotiating the first collective bargaining agreement for minor league players, who on the call were overwhelming in their support of him and hold 34 of the 72 voting positions on the union’s executive board.
Marino, 33, had generated support among players to take over the union’s labor unit — which he pledged to expand with veteran lawyers — in recent weeks. Players, sources said, lined up behind Marino, also calling for an audit of the MLBPA’s spending. Multiple high-powered agents backed Marino’s candidacy, sources said, with the perception that Meyer was ideologically aligned with agent Scott Boras.
On the call, players told ESPN, Meyer vociferously denied that being the case and advocated for his work since being hired in 2018. The discussion about Meyer’s future, players on the call said, was animated and at times argumentative — and the lack of a resolution frustrated some who had backed Marino. Late in the call, sources said, players requested that Marino be looped in to make his case as deputy executive director. Clark did not accede to it, sources said.”
Source: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39763512/xx
Scott Boras has long been a cancer on this sport and the majority of players, including those he represents
The next CBA negotiations will be the biggest bloodbath we’ve ever seen. I’m almost 100% certain we will have a full season lockout/strike at MINIMUM.
Manfred is desperate for Meyer to stay on as MLBPA head negotiator. Why? Because Meyer is a little bitch that has rolled over for MLB every time. Marino is the one guy who bent Manfred over and raw dogged him. If Marino is the dude, the MLBPA will steamroll the owners in the next CBA.
The MLBPA is one of the weakest, if not the weakest, in all of pro-sports, I’d be amazed if this turns into anything.
Does anyone else want to confuse *freedom* for *treason*?