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Message: [QUOTE="bpo57, post: 3286048, member: 1572"] Sox had no leverage and I don't blame them for not wanting to pay Betts a king's ransom with a new deal. Sorry but if I'm an owner I'd have no interest in paying out millions in luxury taxes to subsidize the likes of the Tampa Bay Rays. That's just common sense. One underreported aspect of the Betts situation is that he (and other stars like him) is under heavy pressure from the MLB Union to maximize his dollars so that the scale just moves higher and higher for all union members. As an owner, who would want to participate in that game? Looking back over time nearly every mega-deal signing has been a deal the signing club regretted. [/QUOTE]