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I'm quite new into finding out the contract situations, team control, arbitration etc and so coming from someone who's used to UK sports contracts and salaries then my initial thought is that 6 years team control is too long (especially the way it’s being manipulated by clubs). I think this creates a situation whereby a lot of players are getting up towards the 30 y.o. mark come FA time, having not earned a huge amount of money (comparatively – I think the disparity is ridiculous but that’s for another day!) The players are therefore holding out for one big long payday rather than maybe 3 shorter ones which seems like the it would have been most sensible option. If you produce for the first 3 or 4 years then you get another good contract for the next 3 or 4 etc. The clubs are wary of the 6-10 year deal but understandably players still want that length of guarantee the way it’s all set up right now. So at the moment, I can see both sides. Probably slightly on the owners side as there’s only a certain amount of money to go round when teams like the Yankees, Giants, Dodgers etc try to stay within the $197m luxury tax cap this year. That means everyone needs to be a little smarter about what they are asking for/offering.

Haha, nice. I've only been reading this forum, sorry blog, for a few weeks and I picked up on a lot of these. Not sure if the dying on the job or the Yadier Molina one was my favourite ?

Ah ok thanks, need to plan another trip back then!

If Miami do get the nod, when would they be likely to play their first game? I'm from Scotland where 'soccer' is the number 1 sport and have a season ticket for the local side so always interested in going to games when I'm away too. May this year will be too soon obviously but I'm likely to be back in Miami in April '19 so would be cool if they were up and running by then.

Miami Vince doesn't have quite the same ring to it :35_thinking:

Thanks

Thanks @SonOfJack

Great, thanks very much for the reply. I did get as far as seeing the fees on StubHub and then promptly halted the purchase. It's when the Dodgers are in town Tues-Thurs so sounds like I'll just wait til they go on sale officially and pick cheap ones up then. I'll do that for one of the games, the other I'm contemplating doing the Diamond Club or something like that.

Hi all, First timer from the UK looking to pick up some Marlins tickets for when I'm over in May. Please go easy on me! I've been following the Marlins news over the off season and disappointed (not as much as you guys I bet) with the trades etc. Anyway, enough about that, I notice the single tickets are not available yet so is anyone able to shed some light on what the regular single ticket prices were last year? I know it sounds like they might change a bit but if anyone could point me in that direction it would be much appreciated. I'm weighing up whether to pick up tickets now on StubHub or wait til they are available. Thanks in advance. Oh and if this is in the wrong place then I apologise.