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MLS Collective Bargaining Agreement Story Stream
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July 20, 2015
Breaking down the Union's salary cap situation
The MLS salary cap went up 12% and the Union spent 20% more on player salaries and that's less good news for their salary cap situation.
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July 17, 2015
MLS Players Union releases 2015 player salaries
Major League Soccer Players Union just released the player salaries for 2015. Here are the Philadelphia Union's numbers.
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March 3, 2015
MLS CBA Negotiations Going Down to the Wire
Major League Soccer and the MLS Players Union are running out of time to agree to a new Colelctive Bargaining Agreement.
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February 17, 2015
This compromise is easy
An advantage MLS has over other developing leagues around the world of comparable size is that it has financial stability. A work stoppage would injure that reputation.
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February 4, 2015
MLS CBA Oscars: Predicting the winners and losers
In the spirit of Oscar season we examine the five biggest issues in the CBA and predict the winners and losers.
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January 30, 2015
Players Union Executive Director 'Concerned'
MLS and the Players Union continue to meet but it seems that there is little common ground between the two parties
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January 28, 2015
Lockout Looming?
MLS vs. MLS Players Union might be the biggest matchup of the 2015 season.
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December 15, 2014
MLS 2020: What Will It Look Like?
If MLS plans on expanding to a 24-team league, they have a lot of work ahead of them if Don Garber also wants it to be among the world's best.
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November 11, 2014
MLS CBA: Growing Divide between Haves & Have Nots
Major League Soccer's parity is often trumpeted as a key to success. But the parity is dangerously fading as the salary divide between the Haves and Have Nots increases. Don Garber needs to earnestly manage this issue carefully as he negotiates the next CBA.
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September 24, 2014
Unpacking Don Garber's comments on single-entity
Bruce Arena didn't like how Major League Soccer handled the negotiations with Sasha Kljestan on behalf of the LA Galaxy. Don Garber fined him and then attempted to defend the honor of the league's single-entity structure. Did he actually say anything
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April 1, 2014
The MLS CBA: A Point of View on Player Salaries
Part II of the perspective on this year's MLS CBA negotiation. MLS Player salaries have a long way to go be competitive with all the world's biggest leagues. What does MLS need to do to catch up?
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February 11, 2014
The MLS CBA: A Point of View on League Financials
The MLS CBA expires at the end of 2014, and Don Garber fired the first shot of the new year claiming the league loses more than $75M per year. We look at some financial facts to determine the state of league finances.