NFL star Saquon Barkley is all for MLB players fighting against salary cap: 'It should happen'
Saquon Barkley knows exactly what it's like to be stiffed in a salary-cap sport.The Philadelphia Eagles running back rushed for 2,000 yards and won an Offensive Player of the Year Award just one season after the New York Giants decided not to pay him.Running backs were getting the short end of the stick before a recent resurgence, as general managers felt that the position was hardly that valuable. The best are still getting paid, but there was a lot of recycling throughout the league.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMIn any case, lots of difficult decisions are made in football, whereas baseball remains a non-capped sport, resulting in $700 million contracts and no cap casualties.However, MLB owners have officially proposed a salary cap for the first time since 1994 — and we all know how that turned out.
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Saquon Barkley knows exactly what it's like to be stiffed in a salary-cap sport.The Philadelphia Eagles running back rushed for 2,000 yards and won an Offensive Player of the Year Award just one season after the New York Giants decided not to pay him.Running backs were getting the short end of the stick before a recent resurgence, as general managers felt that the position was hardly that valuable. The best are still getting paid, but there was a lot of recycling throughout the league.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMIn any case, lots of difficult decisions are made in football, whereas baseball remains a non-capped sport, resulting in $700 million contracts and no cap casualties.However, MLB owners have officially proposed a salary cap for the first time since 1994 — and we all know how that turned out. The players have remained steadfast in saying that a salary cap is not negotiable, and Barkley is supporting them."Whatever is best for the players, I’m with that. Whatever is for the players," Barkley told Fox News Digital."I get how the owners have the power and stuff like this, but we go out there and sacrifice our bodies.
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- Saquon Barkley knows exactly what it's like to be stiffed in a salary-cap sport.The Philadelphia Eagles running back rushed for 2,000 yards and won an Offensive Player of the Year Award just one season after the New York Giants decided not to pay him.Running backs were getting the short end of the stick before a recent resurgence, as general managers felt that the position was hardly that valuable. The best are still getting paid, but there was a lot of recycling throughout the league.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMIn any case, lots of difficult decisions are made in football, whereas baseball remains a non-capped sport, resulting in $700 million contracts and no cap casualties.However, MLB owners have officially proposed a salary cap for the first time since 1994 — and we all know how that turned out.
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NFL star Saquon Barkley is all for MLB players fighting against salary cap: 'It should happen'
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