{"id":10150,"date":"2020-06-18T00:22:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T21:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/scott-boras-calls-mlbs-billion-dollar-tv-deal-the-rectal-thermometer\/"},"modified":"2020-06-18T00:22:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T21:22:00","slug":"scott-boras-calls-mlbs-billion-dollar-tv-deal-the-rectal-thermometer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/scott-boras-calls-mlbs-billion-dollar-tv-deal-the-rectal-thermometer\/","title":{"rendered":"#Scott Boras calls MLB\u2019s billion-dollar TV deal \u2018the rectal thermometer\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Scott Boras calls MLB\u2019s billion-dollar TV deal \u2018the rectal thermometer\u2019<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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June 17, 2020 |<\/span> 5:22pm <\/p>\n

\n As Major League Baseball and the Players Association continue their prolonged battle over finances, agent Scott Boras said the news<\/a> that the league and Turner Sports had struck a billion deal to broadcast postseason game<\/a>s \u2014 as first reported by The Post\u2019s Andrew Marchand \u2014 served as an eye-opener.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe TBS contract was the rectal thermometer,\u201d Boras told Sports Illustrated. \u201cIt illustrated the truth to all the fans, and that is the content of this game has such value even in the heart of a pandemic that you get a record contract for your rights. When I say rectal thermometer, I say it as the truest form of the temperature of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

And it fed the Players Association\u2019s belief that owners\u2019 cries of poverty aren\u2019t to be trusted while the two sides look to reach an agreement that would allow the 2020 season to be played in some form.<\/p>\n

Boras told the outlet that owners told him during the spring that if no games were played at all, each team would lose $80 million to $100 million.<\/p>\n

There is also the possibility that MLB commissioner Rob Manfred could impose a 48-54 game schedule, with players receiving the full amount of their salary per games played.<\/p>\n

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Boras called that \u201cthe stall tactic to get to August 1.\u201d<\/p>\n

After Manfred guaranteed a season last week, he backtracked this week and said he could no longer say he was fully confident one would be played.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s being the pancake commissioner, where \u2018I\u2019ll flip anywhere I want to,\u2019\u201d Boras said. \u201cWhen you negotiate publicly, once you say it, if you go down a different road you lose credibility. When he said on draft day \u2018100 percent we\u2019re going to have baseball,\u2019 the commissioner said there\u2019s a chicken in every pot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Manfred and union head Tony Clark met face to face Tuesday in an attempt to save the season, and there seems to be hope a deal could be reached.<\/p>\n

With the current Collective Bargaining Agreement set to expire after the 2021 season, this current fight \u2014 which began after the season was initially suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic, but has now turned into a labor dispute over finances \u2014 could be a preview into an ugly back and forth over a year from now.<\/p>\n

Boras said he\u2019s hoping there can still be an 80-game schedule, with players getting their full rate of salary per game to go along with extended playoffs.<\/p>\n

\u201cSounds good to me,\u2019\u2019 Boras said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re giving you an eight-team [per league] playoff as a given,\u201d Boras said. \u201cThey get this right and this is an inroad to what they want down the road. The eight-team playoff is the inroad to a 32-team league.\u201d<\/p>\n

That schedule, though, would force regular season games be played past Sept. 27, something the owners want to avoid due to concerns over a second wave of coronavirus.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to be good partners to all sports,\u201d Boras said. \u201cWe should not be stepping on the NBA playoffs. The NBA can have their time and we can have our own. We could do it at the end of October. From July 15 to October 15, you have 100 days to get the games in.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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