Comments on: The Schilling clause?? http://38pitches.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/the-schilling-clause/ Curt Schilling's Official Blog Sat, 22 Oct 2011 17:39:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Michael http://38pitches.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/the-schilling-clause/#comment-32613 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:33:40 +0000 http://38pitches.com/2007/12/05/the-schilling-clause/#comment-32613 Please run for office. We really need you NOW.
I pledge to do whatever I can to help you get elected.

Thank you

]]> By: Freak Show Espresso http://38pitches.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/the-schilling-clause/#comment-23874 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:51:01 +0000 http://38pitches.com/2007/12/05/the-schilling-clause/#comment-23874 This is a great blog. Who knew a pitcher could write so well and make good points. KUDOS! Keep it going Curt.

]]> By: tropicana340 http://38pitches.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/the-schilling-clause/#comment-23102 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:28:12 +0000 http://38pitches.com/2007/12/05/the-schilling-clause/#comment-23102 Curt,

I think you all are missing an important point.

Assume, for the sake of argument, that the winners of the Cy Young Award (and all other such awards for that matter) are determined perfectly… that there is never any dispute on the part of the players or fans and every year everyone unanimously agrees that the BBWAA (or whatever other body decides the winner) picked the person who had genuinely and unmistakably earned that award by their performance on the field of play. Assume that to be the case for all sports and all awards for athletic performance.

Whether or not there is an explicit clause in a player’s contract that allows for a bonus for winning such an award (or a vote for that player to win such an award), that player’s compensation as a professional athlete will increase or decrease based upon that player’s performance on the field of play. Players who have won MVP’s and Cy Young Awards etc. command a higher salary at the bargaining table not because of the name of the award or the entity that has awarded it but because the award evidences superior performance on the field of play.

If the five greatest pitchers in the league have contract clauses that award them bonuses for winning such awards such that the BBWAA (or whatever other body decides the winner) excludes them from consideration, those five greatest players will STILL command the biggest salaries based upon their performance on the field. However, the significance of the “Cy Young Award” will be greatly diminished if people know those awards do not recognize the best players in the league. At that point, such provisions will not appear in contracts NOT because the BBWAA has decreed that they will not consider players who have such provisions in their contracts but rather because players will not bother trying to put such provisions in their contracts because the teams and owners will know that winning such an award no longer means that player had a superior performance that year.

In short, the BBWAA has confused cause and effect. A player’s performance on the field of play is the cause, the Cy Young Award (and an increased salary) is the effect. The Cy Young Award does not cause superior perfomance on the field of play and it does not cause an increased salary EXCEPT to the extent that it reflects that player’s performance on the field of play. The moment the Cy Young Award ceases to reflect the performance of the players on the field of play is the moment that the Cy Young Award’s loses all significance.

-Mark

]]> By: mkmmtwg http://38pitches.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/the-schilling-clause/#comment-22642 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:40:15 +0000 http://38pitches.com/2007/12/05/the-schilling-clause/#comment-22642 I think players who win MVP’s, CY Young’s, & Rookie of the Year Awards, and Gold Gloves should be monetarily compensated. I just think that it shouldn’t be the individual team’s responsibility to add clauses to contracts, I think all team owners should contribute to a pot that the league controls that makes up the bonuses. For example: A Cy Young Award is worth 5 to 10 million, an MVP is worth 5 to 10 million, a Rookie of the Year is worth 1 to 5 million, and a Gold Glove is worth anywhere from 100K to 500K depending on the position played.

This added bonus would be incentive for every player in the league.

]]> By: soxfandavevingoshen http://38pitches.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/the-schilling-clause/#comment-21021 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:59:51 +0000 http://38pitches.com/2007/12/05/the-schilling-clause/#comment-21021 Really? I don’t understand why that would be. But I’m a nothin’ …

]]> By: baseballvictim http://38pitches.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/the-schilling-clause/#comment-20959 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 21:05:27 +0000 http://38pitches.com/2007/12/05/the-schilling-clause/#comment-20959 Nolan Ryan did not deserve to go in his first time.

]]> By: attyrosa http://38pitches.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/the-schilling-clause/#comment-20878 Sat, 08 Dec 2007 22:34:02 +0000 http://38pitches.com/2007/12/05/the-schilling-clause/#comment-20878 I can’t help it … I’m a Yankee fan! :)

]]> By: attyrosa http://38pitches.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/the-schilling-clause/#comment-20877 Sat, 08 Dec 2007 22:29:15 +0000 http://38pitches.com/2007/12/05/the-schilling-clause/#comment-20877 Isn’t all this discussion for nothing? You don’t really think you are going to actually pitch that well, do you?

]]> By: hockeynarrative http://38pitches.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/the-schilling-clause/#comment-20836 Sat, 08 Dec 2007 13:53:45 +0000 http://38pitches.com/2007/12/05/the-schilling-clause/#comment-20836 I agree with the decision by the writers.

Nothing against Curt personally but with the image problems the game has been having, the commodification of awards is something else to turn people off.

The potential perception problems are too great. Imagine if a writer who is chummy with a player votes for that player? Cries of “kickback” are sure to follow.

]]> By: curt24 http://38pitches.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/the-schilling-clause/#comment-20806 Sat, 08 Dec 2007 05:15:59 +0000 http://38pitches.com/2007/12/05/the-schilling-clause/#comment-20806 Hey Curt,

Why don’t you just use this website to raise money for charity? Why do you use it to give your opinion on topics that have nothing to do with your charitable endeavours?

Sincerely,
A regurlar Human Being.

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