Azerban
08-04-2008, 07:46 PM
"The players on the Houston Dynamo and New England Revolution have agreed in advance of tomorrow night's SuperLiga final that they will split evenly the bonus money at stake in the game. The players have made this decision to show their solidarity and in protest of the league's violation of the Collective Bargaining Agreement with respect to the negotiation of bonuses for this tournament."
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2008/08/superligas_money_issues.html
Don Garber is mad.
On the players' desire to share the money equally: "That's not something that is permitted in the CBA [collective bargaining agreement], it's not something we are going to allow and something, should they decide to do, we will have to manage it the way we would manage any other violation of the collective bargaining agreement. I believe we have got great players who have strong levels of integrity and competitive spirit, and I believe they will play this game the way they play every other game. ... We will pay the prize money as it was originially dictated as determined by MLS ownership. If there is something we determine is a violation of the CBA, we will address it."
The clubs take 85% of the winnings and leave the other 15% to the players, whereas if a Mexican club won, the entire million dollars would go to the players. MLS is cheap, go figure?
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2008/08/superligas_money_issues.html
Don Garber is mad.
On the players' desire to share the money equally: "That's not something that is permitted in the CBA [collective bargaining agreement], it's not something we are going to allow and something, should they decide to do, we will have to manage it the way we would manage any other violation of the collective bargaining agreement. I believe we have got great players who have strong levels of integrity and competitive spirit, and I believe they will play this game the way they play every other game. ... We will pay the prize money as it was originially dictated as determined by MLS ownership. If there is something we determine is a violation of the CBA, we will address it."
The clubs take 85% of the winnings and leave the other 15% to the players, whereas if a Mexican club won, the entire million dollars would go to the players. MLS is cheap, go figure?