It had the effect of driving up wages for veteran players. Collective bargaining in Major League Baseball produced service time provisions that artificially limit the salaries of young players while driving up the pay of established veterans.

Seniority provisions are a common feature of union contracts and they’re a direct wealth transfer from younger, generally poorer workers to older, more established employees.

Um, yeah you don't know what you are talking about. https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Minimum_salary

You make the real money after free agency. Draft picks get slot bonuses. If you are on the roster you make $500k+

> You make the real money after free agency.

To be clear, nobody would argue that any of the players are starving, but the agreement is structured to reward seniority. That’s literally what I argued. The “real money” comes in free agency, access to which is restricted by service time.

Also the minor leagues aren't unionized and they make poverty wages.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/06/baseball-broshu...