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U.S. blocks deal for Major League Baseball to sign Cuban players
Posted on 4/8/19 at 3:47 pm
Posted on 4/8/19 at 3:47 pm
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The Trump administration on Monday blocked a historic agreement between Major League Baseball and the Cuban Baseball Federation that would have allowed Cuban players to sign with U.S. teams without needing to defect.
The existing deal will not be allowed to go forward because it was based on an erroneous interpretation by the former Obama administration that the Cuban Baseball Federation was not part of Cuba’s communist government, a senior U.S. official said.
The Trump administration on Monday blocked a historic agreement between Major League Baseball and the Cuban Baseball Federation that would have allowed Cuban players to sign with U.S. teams without needing to defect.
The existing deal will not be allowed to go forward because it was based on an erroneous interpretation by the former Obama administration that the Cuban Baseball Federation was not part of Cuba’s communist government, a senior U.S. official said.
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Posted on 4/8/19 at 3:49 pm to conservativewifeymom
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“The agreement with #MLB seeks to stop the trafficking of human beings, encourage cooperation and raise the level of baseball,” the Cuban Baseball Federation said in a message on Twitter. “Any contrary idea is false news. Attacks with political motivation against the agreement achieved harm the athletes, their families and the fans.”
The Cuban government sounds angry about this. That must mean Trump did the right thing.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 3:52 pm to conservativewifeymom
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So it's okay for communist Chinese to come play basketball, but it's not okay for communist Cubans to come play baseball?
Posted on 4/8/19 at 3:53 pm to WildTchoupitoulas
You gotta link to that?!?!
Posted on 4/8/19 at 3:54 pm to tiggerthetooth
Obama said the Cuban Baseball Federation is separate from the cuban govt????? The VP of the organization is Fidel's son, nah the two arent related...
Posted on 4/8/19 at 3:54 pm to conservativewifeymom
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How is this a good thing?
Especially at a time when one major player pipeline is falling apart due to political unrest (Venezuela).
Posted on 4/8/19 at 3:54 pm to WildTchoupitoulas
While I hope they find a way to allow Cubans to come play without defecting, you must have missed this part:
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The existing deal will not be allowed to go forward because it was based on an erroneous interpretation by the former Obama administration that the Cuban Baseball Federation was not part of Cuba’s communist government, a senior U.S. official said.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 3:55 pm to ProjectP2294
What, are we running out of talent in our country of over 300 million people?!?!? Let's work on developing American talent, not commie Cuban or Venezuelan. 
Posted on 4/8/19 at 3:58 pm to ProjectP2294
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How is this a good thing?
Especially at a time when one major player pipeline is falling apart due to political unrest (Venezuela).
Because like all Democrat deals theres hidden or obscure line items in the deal that arent very good.
Of course no news headline will discuss that and they'll just focus on how it effects the professional sports.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 3:59 pm to conservativewifeymom
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What, are we running out of talent in our country of over 300 million people?!?!? Let's work on developing American talent, not commie Cuban or Venezuelan.
More competition is a good thing.
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conservative
If that were an accurate descriptor of you, you'd understand that.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 4:02 pm to ProjectP2294
Dude (or whatever you are), I have a Master's degree in economics, I know a thing or two about 'competition.' We don't have to go to commie countries to get 'competition,' it can happen at the junior league level and beyond right here in the good ol' USA.
So don't you worry about what 'accurately' describes me and let's keep our 'dolares' here and not gift them to the Castros and their minions.
So don't you worry about what 'accurately' describes me and let's keep our 'dolares' here and not gift them to the Castros and their minions.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 4:02 pm to BBONDS25
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While I hope they find a way to allow Cubans to come play without defecting
This part is important to note. Because while a lot of people are going to get hung up on the ridiculous politics of this, there are legit human trafficking and safety issues at play here.
Anyone not familiar with what Cubans can go through to play in the US should read up on Yasiel Puig's journey.
MLB is attempting to clean up some of the seedier parts of the talent procurement process and this doesn't help.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 4:05 pm to conservativewifeymom
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Dude (or whatever you are), I have a Master's degree in economics, I know a thing or two about 'competition.' We don't have to go to commie countries to get 'competition,' it can happen at the junior league level and beyond right here in the good ol' USA.
Then maybe watch a fricking baseball game some time. It sounds like you need to learn to relax anyway.
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So don't you worry about what 'accurately' describes me and let's keep our 'dolares' here and not gift them to the Castros and their minions.
I can think of a couple other words that accurately describe you.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 4:05 pm to ProjectP2294
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This part is important to note. Because while a lot of people are going to get hung up on the ridiculous politics of this, there are legit human trafficking and safety issues at play here.
Anyone not familiar with what Cubans can go through to play in the US should read up on Yasiel Puig's journey.
Yes and what about the other regular people and how this policy effects them? Theres more people effected than just baseball players.
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MLB is attempting to clean up some of the seedier parts of the talent procurement process and this doesn't help.
We dont know everything involved with the deal...and knowing Obama and his love for communism and the Castros it wouldn't shock me if there were some hidden things that are really bad in the deal.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 4:06 pm to ProjectP2294
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MLB is attempting to clean up some of the seedier parts of the talent procurement process and this doesn't help.
MLB should be putting pressure on the Cuban government, not giving a new front for their propaganda. Some of you are amazingly clueless about Cuban politics.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 4:06 pm to tiggerthetooth
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Yes and what about the other regular people and how this policy effects them? Theres more people effected than just baseball players.
That can be discussed in the thread about regular people from Cuba.
This one is about baseball players.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 4:09 pm to WildTchoupitoulas
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So it's okay for communist Chinese to come play basketball, but it's not okay for communist Cubans to come play baseball?
Ban em both.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 4:21 pm to conservativewifeymom
So stupid. The US Cuba policy has been a total failure for 50 years. We do business with a lot of other countries that are worse than Cuba but because a few people got their land taken away from them the Cuban people and US businesses have to pay the price.
South Florida Cubans are just as bad as African Americans that want reparations for slavery
South Florida Cubans are just as bad as African Americans that want reparations for slavery
This post was edited on 4/8/19 at 4:22 pm
Posted on 4/8/19 at 4:22 pm to conservativewifeymom
Jesus frick that is one stupid take. Did you get your masters at Devry
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