Well fuch me,why aren’t we all just stinking socialists now?
Will this hurt their future or families in Cuba? I mean, how can they even pretend to be good Communists, if they intend to earn millions in America playing baseball???
Or does Cuba have their own ulterior motives? For example, will Cuba heavily tax their earnings in America, giving the Cuban government badly needed foreign currency?
Maybe the Dodgers can send Puig back.
I flew into Havana on a mission trip in early November. As we landed I saw a private jet with each MLB teams logo above the windows. I guess we know what they were doing.
Put teams in Havana, Mexico City, Dominican Republic, and San Juan
The Cuban regime will collect big bucks in “signing rights fees” from MLB, just as the Japanese and Korean leagues do.
I am not comfortable with this new posting agreement with the Cuban Baseball Federation. It’s similar to the way players are posted from Japan.
I understand the desire to protect players from smugglers, kidnappers, and other criminals, but I am VERY uncomfortable with doing business with an arm of the tyrannical Cuban police state regime and empowering them.
I also dislike that they impose waiting periods before a defector can sign, where they do not do so on a posted player. It seems like they’re trying to punish players for seeking freedom from the brutal regime. That conflicts with the values I thought we all held dear.
Ynder Alonso, BTW, is Manny Machado’s brother in law.