I admit that I have been in a blind rage for the past week due to the MLB trade deadline. My former baseball pal, the Cubs, has made a spectacle out of me. However, I have written the article and will probably write another one later today if Kris Bryant is shipped off by the Cubs for the three lemonade-selling kids right next to your house.AdvertisementIt applies to all sports. At the risk of sounding like a soccer fan, I will admit that the idea of a deal has always struck me strange, illogical and unfair.We understand why trades are allowed in our sport and not elsewhere. There are swap deals in other countries, but players must agree to them. These leagues are not as bottom-up, but are top-down. The league was formed by the teams. The league then formed the teams (expansion and franchise teams, etc. The following is the list.Basically, players are not referred to by their team. They are actually MLB or NFL players who were initially assigned to one team during the draft. Then they are part of the system. All of them are within the league's budget and can be traded around. These leagues' monopoly or clear dominance over all other leagues in the world plays an important role.You could transfer many people to your job. It happens all the time. It has nothing to do with you personally, or your job. You could actually turn it down most of the time. I am still learning about the adult world. This is my first job so I will need patience. Your boss may have wanted another quality control person in a different department. You won't be transferred to Taos.Take last night. Joey Gallo was wanted by the Yankees, so four players from their system had to move, possibly to another country, and essentially re-create their lives outside of baseball. These are minor leaguers so they can drive anywhere and have it all the same while MLB continues to be a fucked over. But you get it. For those at the top, it is just a random decision that they will have to move families or separate from their families in order to accommodate their team. Isn't that just fair?Professional athletes were taught the drill by their coaches. There was a time when players knew that there was a reserve clause and that a team could keep them indefinitely. With free agency, that changed. It should.AdvertisementThe Yankees should pay the Rangers $30 million for Joey Gallo. With Gallo's approval. That's $30 million. Or $50 million. The Rangers then have the money to buy the prospects or actual MLB players they desire.Perhaps a rule could be or would have had to be established that all transfer fees must go back into the payroll or at least a percentage. We could also see Bob Nutting, or yes, Tom Ricketts from the Cubs as a Pirates owner. They would know that selling players results in more money for them. However, those claims that they are unable to afford a competitor would sound hollower than they do right now.AdvertisementThis is in tandem with the elimination of all drafts in sports. This should also be done. It should have been done decades ago. Everybody should have the right to choose where and for who they work, at any level. It is absurd to have to change your entire life because the team you played for added a player. It is time to recognize it.
