With MLB possibly headed toward a labor dispute, President Donald Trump sided firmly with the owners on Friday, stating his support for a salary cap.
Speaking aboard Air Force One, according to USA Today, Trump said of MLB, “If you don’t have a salary cap, you don’t have a sport, because they can’t help themselves. Football has a salary cap. (MLB) should have done it a long time ago.
Apparently referring to the 1994-95 players strike, the last time baseball owners sought to institute a salary cap, Trump said, “It’s shocking, frankly, that they didn’t put a cap on many years ago. They had a chance to do a cap but they blew it.”…