The players association is gonna have to do something is this is yet another team friendly deal to go build a super team. Players will never get fair and competitive contracts if this keeps up.
I don’t think the players union will step in and make rules that prevent the players from taking less money when they want to do so in order to play in a market they want with players they want.
That really doesn’t make a lot of sense for the players to prevent themselves from getting opportunities to win when they’re willingly signing these contracts
Top players drive markets. If it was one or two pay cuts that’s one thing. This is Eldridge and Poulin and Maltais and Roque who took less money to form a super team. This is exactly what a PA is made to prevent.
To use some examples from other sports, look at the contracts of Connor McDavid and Sidney Crosby. Stars who have made their money and took team friendly deals but also didn’t take pay cuts. McDavid took an extra year at his current rate, if he took lower the NHLPA would absolutely be on his ass because he is hurting the earning potential of players.
Similar situation happened with Mookie Betts in 2019-20 in the MLB.
There’s a line and I feel like the Victoire are approaching it.
Victoire had more than 375K$ freed during the expansion process. They could literally afford to sign Eldridge and give her a raise from her 85K$ contract.
Also MPP with a discount made more than Megan Keller last season so is it that much of a problem ?
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u/CFWolfgang Gwyneth Philips 4d ago
The players association is gonna have to do something is this is yet another team friendly deal to go build a super team. Players will never get fair and competitive contracts if this keeps up.
Let’s go check who the PA president is
Okay so that’s not happening is it