Scott Boras Suggests Luxury-Tax Exclusion For MLB\'s Middle Class
Major League players have begun to question current MLB Players Association leadership, largely because of an eroding \"middle class.\"
That is the group of players good enough to remain in the Majors, but not good enough to be rewarded with a long-term or otherwise lucrative contract.
Scott Boras has found himself in the midst of the MLBPA controversy, with some players alleging that Bruce Meyer is too \"ideologically aligned\" with the high-profile agent.
During Blake Snell\'s introductory press conference with the San Francisco Giants, Boras offered a suggestion to fix the issue.
\"I think having veterans in the clubhouse is very important for young players. They create better winning environments because they are more familiar with the league,\" Boras told The Score\'s Travis Sawchik. \"I think there are players in that age group, 32 or so, they should have a luxury-tax exclusion. An amount of $15 million on down, if you sign a veteran player in that age bracket, they are excluded from your luxury tax.
\"That would put those players in their own category. The prohibition is (because) those players are usually added late, and the owners are saying, \'Because of my tax situation, I am not going to sign this player.\'\"