{"id":468598,"date":"2026-02-11T19:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T19:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/468598\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T19:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T19:00:08","slug":"scott-boras-says-expanded-media-revenue-would-help-in-salary-cap-labor-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/468598\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Boras says expanded media revenue would help in salary cap, labor debate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Agent Scott Boras appeared on the \u201cFoul Territory\u201d podcast and spoke on myriad topics currently surrounding MLB such as the salary cap debate and team spending. Boras, asked about a salary cap, said the \u201cills of our game are resolved by revenues.\u201d Boras said, \u201cOur media rights were exposed.\u201d Boras: \u201cOur inability to acquire the true valuation of our media rights was exposed by the NBA contract.\u201d He noted the NBA landed their 11-year, $76B deal<\/a> because it \u201coffered the league,\u201d while MLB offers regional. He added, \u201cIf we have $20B to deal with versus $4B, all the ills of what a lot of owners struggle with today will be resolved and it will not be a labor issue.\u201d Boras said in 2028, when the league\u2019s national TV rights deals are set to expire<\/a>, MLB will have something to \u201cgive us definition, clear definition as to what the revenues of this game are.\u201d On team spending, Boras mentioned that it is\u202f\u201cvery clear\u201d\u202fthat \u201cevery club can afford one or two free agents, major free agents,\u201d even if not five or six. He said when there is not revenue transparency, teams \u201cget to say a lot of\u202fthings,\u201d like that teams have a \u201cbottom line\u201d and they are not going to go past that \u201cbecause we want to profit this much from the game\u2019\u201d (\u201cFoul Territory,\u201d 2\/10).<\/p>\n

ROYAL TREATMENT: In L.A., Bill Shaikin wrote as MLB owners meet this week<\/a>, the \u201cpowers that be will consider the probable push for a salary cap.\u201d The argument \u201cin favor\u201d is that if teams are \u201climited in how much they can pay players — that is, if the Dodgers cannot spend<\/a> whatever they want — fans in small markets can believe their team can win.\u201d Shaikin cited the NBA\u2019s Kings as a counterpoint, noting they have the worst record and have reached the playoffs once in 20 years despite playing in a league with a salary cap and in which the majority of teams make the playoffs. USC men\u2019s basketball coach Eric Musselman, who coached the Kings during the 2006-07 season, said, \u201cOklahoma City is not winning because they have a salary cap. Salary cap or no salary cap, Oklahoma City is going to win as long as Sam Presti is there<\/a>.\u201d Former longtime Kings voice Grant Napear said, \u201cThey have no one to blame but themselves for their futility\u201d (L.A. TIMES, 2\/10<\/a>). <\/p>\n

PLAYER OPPOSITION: In Dayton, Hal McCoy wrote parity in MLB is \u201cmerely a six-letter word that begins with \u2018p\u2019 and ends with \u2018y,\u2019 as in pay.\u201d McCoy: \u201cIn MLB you have to pay to play and too many teams can\u2019t pay and too many teams overpay. \u2026 The answer, of course, is a salary cap, but the players don\u2019t even know the question.\u201d MLB is the \u201conly major U.S. professional sport without a salary cap\u201d and \u201cthe players are solidly against it.\u201d What those players on the \u201cbottom-feeding teams\u201d count upon is that \u201cwhen they become free agents they can sign with a rich team and make big money and maybe wear a World Series ring.\u201d McCoy: \u201cAnd salary cap be damned. What it amounts to is that there are about 12 MLB teams that are developmental team for the top-level teams. They draft and develop young players who then flee for greener, much greener, pastures\u201d (DAYTON DAILY NEWS, 2\/9<\/a>).<\/p>\n

POLITICAL IMPACT: THE ATHLETIC\u2019s Evan Drellich writes President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cattention could soon turn back to baseball.\u201d Historically, when politicians have challenged baseball, they have \u201coften done so by threatening to remove the sport\u2019s unique anti-trust exemption,\u201d though Trump could try to \u201cget what he wants without going to such formal lengths.\u201d One \u201cimmediate flashpoint\u201d is how \u201cborder policy could directly affect baseball next month,\u201d when the World Baseball Classic is scheduled to be played in Houston, Miami and San Juan. But in baseball, there \u201ccould be no greater catnip to this president than a high-profile work stoppage.\u201d MLB owners are \u201cpreparing a push for a salary cap and are widely expected to lock out players in December<\/a>.\u201d Drellich: \u201cIf Trump enters the fray in the expected lockout, the players could have the most to lose — regardless of any resentment Trump might have for [MLB Commissioner Rob] Manfred. \u2026 But Trump could well wind up pressuring both parties.\u201d One baseball industry official said, \u201cHe could be very brutal on labor without picking sides. Just beating the s– out of everybody to get a deal. Which I believe he will do\u201d (THE ATHLETIC, 2\/11<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Agent Scott Boras appeared on the \u201cFoul Territory\u201d podcast and spoke on myriad topics currently surrounding MLB such…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":468599,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[3307,49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-468598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-baseball","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}