Salaries in sports are a zero-sum game. If the players get paid less, we will not see less commercials, less patches on uniforms, or have cheaper tickets. Taking money out of the labor's pockets (fantastically talented and hard working athletes that we actually want to see) does nothing but benefit billionaire owners. Furthermore, sports are often the great equalizer where someone from a difficult and impoverished background can build generational wealth for their families.
MLB salaries have dropped each of the last 4 years at a time when league profits and team valuations are skyrocketing. During CBA negotiations, players have consistently moved their requests and the owners have barely budged at all (for example, the players' request for pre-arbitration bonus pool has dropped from $130 million to $80 million while the owners have gone up from $25 million to $30 million). The league consistently plays it's wealthy and influential hand by pushing out news stories that the players are greedy, disrespectful, and negotiating in bad faith.
I know a lot of people don't care about baseball and that's fine. But it's time that billionaire sports owners know that this is the Great Resignation and we aren't on their side!!