Nick Swisher Urges MLB Salary Floor as CBA Nears Expiry in 3.5 Months

1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 12

A salary floor—not a cap—was Nick Swisher’s proposed fix as MLB and the players’ union head toward a labor showdown before the collective bargaining agreement expires in about 3.5 months.
Owners have formally proposed a salary cap for the first time since 1994, while players remain adamantly opposed, leaving the two sides, in Swisher’s words, “speaking two different languages.”
Swisher argued teams cannot keep operating with roughly $60 million payrolls, saying a floor would push more money to lower-roster players and help smaller-market clubs compete deeper into the playoffs.
Attendance has risen for three straight years, giving the dispute higher stakes as MLB tries to avoid a repeat of the post-1994 strike fallout that hurt fan support and ballpark turnout.