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“Significant Progress” On Rookie Wage Scale
A number of reports over the afternoon indicate that the NFL and the NFLPA have have made progress on the rookie wage scale issue. Over the last few days, the rookie wage scale, especially the length of the contracts for first round draft picks, had been considered a key stumbling block on the path towards a new CBA.
Albert Breer of the NFL Network[...]
Cliff Eastham’s MLB Rookie All-Star Team of All Time
It is not a common occurrence in the All-Star game to have a rookie on the squad. In the generations of baseball history there have been 84 rookies named to the Mid-Summer Classic.
The National League (or “senior circuit,” as I love to hear it called) allowed 34 rookies to appear in the festivities sans a few days off. The American League has had 50.
