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December 2002

Baseball negotiations: a new agreement

Paul D. Staudohar

The 2002 collective bargaining agreement between Major League Baseball's owners and players may result in almost a billion dollars moving from high- to low-revenue teams over 4 years; a new luxury tax threshold was established, minimum salaries were increased, and random drug testing for steroids was adopted on an experimental basis.

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