MLS Commissioner Blames Players Union for Low Superliga Bonuses
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| Pitch Invasion found this 7/17/2008 on soccer.fanhouse.com [flag] |
Filed under: MLS Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber has lashed out at the MLS Players Association over player bonuses for Superliga . MLSPA revealed over the weekend that if an MLS club wins Superliga, its players will receive only $150,000 of the made-for-TV competition's million-dollar prize , which amounts to $5,300 per player, while Mexican players would split the entire prize ...
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The Daily Sweeper (July 17)
Published 7/17/2008 by Tom Dunmore at Pitch Invasion
... , claiming the league is perfectly entitled to only award 15% of it to the players. Of note is that this is just the warm-up fight for next year’s renegotiation of the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Union and the League. That’s going to get very ugly, as the soccer Fanhouse points out. ...
Cristiano Ronaldo Goes to L.A., Gets Surrounded by Morons
Published 7/18/2008 at FanHouse
... will play in a second-rate league that gives players $5,300 bonuses for winning a million-dollar tournament and spend his free nights ...
