Four days after Major League Baseball presented its first salary‑cap proposal in more than thirty years, union interim executive director Bruce Meyer fired back with a 40‑minute teleconference. He blasted the plan as the worst cap system in any major sport, calling it “bad for all the reasons that we believe cap systems are always bad in league today.”

Meyer’s critique zeroed on the 50/50 split of baseball‑related revenue, a $243.5 million ceiling and a $171.2 million floor, plus equal sharing of television money. He warned that players see the floor as a gimmick and that the proposal would worsen competitive balance, undermining the league’s own research into NFL, NBA and NHL caps from the league for a fairer market future.

While the MLBPA remains rigid, the discussion echoes past labor talks where caps were rejected. Analysts point out that if the league delivers more detail—especially on reserve rules and draft plans—comparisons to NFL and NHL structures will sharpen. For now, players insist the cap would hurt them and demand a different approach today.