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Rays' Snell: Playing for reduced pay 'not worth it'
Rays ace Blake Snell says he will not play this season for a reduced salary, especially because the risk of contracting COVID-19 is "just not worth it."
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He’s keeping it real though and he def doesn’t sound like a dorky dude.Risking his life lol
Shut up dorky *** dude.
Who won the Penant last year, Nats?just cancel this season, i'll still be happy still being current world series champions![]()
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Such garbage. Stop with the damn rule changes!!! Not a single recent rule change has made the game better.
I don’t blame Snell one bit at all for what he said.
That said, I expected the predictable misguided outrage from fans. People don’t accept crappy arrangements from their employers because they want to, they do it because they have to.
I don’t blame the players for playing hardball. I think most people would reluctantly agree to getting their hours cut at their current job given the current circumstances (them agreeing to a prorated salary). But if a few weeks later, your employer said, not only do we have to cut your hours in half. But we also need you to take a 40% paycut to keep working in questionable conditions. Yeah that’s going to be a hard sell in any industry.
I get what you are saying, but it's COMPLETELY tone-deaf right now. With over 36M people out of work, he's still going to make over $4 million (what they said on sports radio this morning). I think he can survive on $4M for a year. And he goes on to complain that his money is taxed!! SERIOUSLY buddy? You don't say! Taxes, OMG!!! What a tool!!
The funny thing, and this is the kicker with his comments yesterday, on March 11 or 12 he was asked about playing, and he said he wasn't concerned and if he gets it he gets it. Total 180 on that!
I didn’t know about the last part. But from an optics perspective and properly getting the message across, you’re right on the first part. He didn’t sugarcoat things or hold any punches. While I didn’t mind what said, from a public opinion perspective, I can see how it would alienate the average fan and come off as tone deaf. Me personally though, I have no issue with what he said.
That said. Nolan Arenado had a good perspective on everything Snell said.