Pujols and the Cards; Super two status; NBA BRI
October 31, 2011
Now that the St. Louis Cardinals improbable title run is complete, Albert Pujols and his impending free agency takes center stage. As you may recall, Pujols refused to negotiate with the Cardinals after spring training started last February, claiming it would be too much of a distraction for the team. Pujols may have been correct, talk of his contract negotiation during the season might have taken attention away from the team's title run. Will there be any kind of a home team discount for the Cardinals? We will find out soon.
Super two status in MLB
As the hot stove season begins in MLB and attention turns to free agents such as Albert Pujols, let's not forget about salary arbitration. Many clubs go out of their way to avoid letting players achieve what is called super two status. Super two status allows player with less than three seasons in the league, but more than two years and approximately 128 to 146 days to earn salary arbitration. This year a player needed 2 years and 146 days to achieve super two status. Teams sometimes go out of their way to make sure players don't achieve super two status. Remember Stephen Strasburg last year? Check out this link on the Chicago White Sox and how the club made sure two players failed to achieve super two status.
Billy Hunter can't go below 52% of basketball related-income and NBA owners refuse to give the players more than 50%. So we have a stalemate. Hunter would be out of a job and would go down in history as failing the players if he let BRI go below 52%. NBA owners feel they will continue to lose money if BRI is above 50% Over the course of ten years the difference between 50% and 52.5% of BRI is $1 billion. So the lockout continues.
Difference between 50% and 52.5% is about $100 million annually
Billy Hunter can't go below 52% of basketball related-income and NBA owners refuse to give the players more than 50%. So we have a stalemate. Hunter would be out of a job and would go down in history as failing the players if he let BRI go below 52%. NBA owners feel they will continue to lose money if BRI is above 50% Over the course of ten years the difference between 50% and 52.5% of BRI is $1 billion. So the lockout continues.
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