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| Date | Wednesday, November 20, 1889 |
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| Text | [editorial matter] ...the repeal of the classification law and the radical modification of the sale system, complete stultification though it was, is designed to make doubly effective future efforts to divide the forces of the Brotherhood, inasmuch as it removes all restrictions upon the clubs and opens the door wide for the return of even the highest priced deserters. … …in the repeal of the classification rule and the modification of the sales system, which is equivalent to confession on the part of the League that the strong protests of the players against both laws were right; its failure to heed these remonstrances and give the players a hearing was a mistake and that therefore the result was justifiable. The Brotherhood can now point to the record and show that it kicked unavailingly against a system of sales which was held to be unavoidable, yet the League, under the plea of necessity, could promptly find a way out; that they vainly protested against the classification rule, which was held to be indispensable to the perpetuation of the League, and yet the League could obviate the necessity for such a rule by simply raising percentage and compelling the richer clubs to support the weaker clubs, thus showing conclusively that classification and salary limit, as practiced heretofore, were nothing more than a tax upon the players for the support of clubs which could have been, and will in future be, partially supported by the proper parties—the richer clubs, which have heretofore bagged the major portion of the profits, and compelled less fortunate clubs to even up on the salaries of their players. In short the action of the League in this legislation will be held by the Brotherhood as a confession that the League's past policy was all wrong, and that had the players' demands for a conference and a revision or modification of methods been heeded by the stiff-necked League, and that done in compliance with their wishes which has now been done as a matter of policy, the present revolt and consequent temporary disorganization could have been easily avoided. By its legislation last week the League furnished splendid ammunition for the Brotherhood, which the latter will surely use to good advantage. |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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