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major League baseball game Salaries and the Economic Effect disceptation and the ConsumerAs long has there has been business, Management and Labor have warred against individually other for a bigger piece of the pie. major(ip) League Baseball is no different. In the early years of professional baseball the owners controlled the salaries of the workers and fixed where they could play and what they would be paid. The imposters were bound to their team by the defy article that stated, the services of a player will be reserved simply for that team for the next chasten. This resulted in keeping the players salaries unnaturally low because the players were not allowed to offer their services to any other team. The Reserve Clause was in effect for more than One Hundred years of baseball history. It was challenged several times but the owners had won every time, until in 1970 when the St. Louis Cardinals traded outfielder Curt natural spring to the Philadelphia Phillies. Flood re fused to play for the Phillies and sued to become a impoverished-agent. Floods case was in court for several years passing play all the way to the Supreme Court. He was never able to play in the Major League again. While he did not decoy his case, he laid the groundwork for a later case that convolute two pitchers, Andy Messersmith and Dave McNally who filed a grievance against the league contending that, because they didnt sign contracts with their previous teams they were free agents. The owners and the Players Association agreed to submit to binding, impartial, arbitration in order to determine this case. On December 23, 1975 the arbitrator Peter Seitz ruled in favor of the players and the Reserve Clause was broken, and the era of free situation began in the Major Leagues. In 1976 when free agency began the average player salary was wholly $52 thousand dollars, but it has increased steadily ever since. By 1990 the average salary for a Major League Baseball player had rise n to $589 thousand dollars. This Year baseball will start the 2001 season with an average player salary of more than $2 million, about 40 times higher than the typical wage in 1976 when free agency began. Average Major League Player Salaries 1976-2000 Year Average ontogeny/decrease Median1976 $52,300 --- *1977 74,000 41.49% ... ... _ap/ 19.2000 Major League Baseball Salaries USA Today. May 1, 2000. Arlington, VA.20.1999-2000 Major League Baseball Team and Player Salaries About.com. Aug 31, 2000. Chicago, IL. http//sportsbusiness.about.com/sports/sportsbusiness/depository library/salary/mlb/9900/ bl_teams_9900.htm21. nett 2000 Payroll Figures CNNSI.com. Nov 21, 2000. Atlanta, GA. http//sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/news/2000/11/21/2000_payrolls/22.History of Highest give Players ESPN.com. Jan 15, 1999. Bristol, CT. http//espn.go.com/mlb/s/mlbsalary.html23.Highest Salaries CNNSI.com. Dec 11, 2000. Atlanta, GA. http//sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/news/2001/10/20/highest_salaries _ap/24. license Values The Hartford Courant. May 29, 2000. Hartford, CT.25.2000 MLB Team Payrolls About.com. Aug 31, 2000. Chicago, IL.http//baseball.about.com/sports/baseball/library/ every week/blteamsalaries.htm26.MLB Player Extend Collective Bargaining Agreement About.com. Aug 29, 2000. Chicago IL. http//sportsbusiness.about.com/sports/sportsbusiness/library/n/bl082900news.htm