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Major League Baseball owners dropped a bombshell Thursday, proposing a hard salary cap to the players' union for the next collective bargaining agreement — their first firm cap proposal since the strike of nineteen ninety-four. This is a direct collision course with the union, and given that history, expect the players to push back hard and fast.
Shifting to the NBA, the Board of Governors voted overwhelmingly to overhaul the draft lottery, expanding eligible teams from fourteen to sixteen and rolling out new anti-tanking measures. The league is clearly sending a message — compete, or get squeezed out of the top picks. It reshapes how front offices will think about rebuilding for years to come.
And in hockey, Golden Knights head coach Bruce Cassidy is speaking out, telling the Spittin' Chiclets podcast it's "upsetting" that Vegas management has blocked him from interviewing with other clubs, including reported interest from Edmonton and Los Angeles. He's under contract, but when a coach goes public with that word — upsetting — you know the relationship has some real friction behind it.
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