voting to disqualify players with contract clauses that pay bonuses for winning a BBWAA-voted award (MVP, CYA, and ROY, though I've never heard of such an incentive for ROY)?
The BBWAA appointed a committee to evaluate the concept, and voted decisively, 41-21, to enact this ban beginning with the 2013 championship season. Any player with a contract incentive would be ineligible as a candidate for these BBWAA-voted honors.
I think this will be A Good Thing. Awards should be their own, um, reward, and any financial gain can come in the player's next contract. Good to see the writers taking the initiative of obviating what has become an increasingly lucrative bonus plan (ARod got $1.5M for his 2007 MVP) that does impose some small but real potential conflicts of interest (as with Schilling's "any one CYA vote" 2008 bonus) on them.
A smart move.
What do you think? (<-- note: in the form of a QUESTION)
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-bbwaaawards&prov=ap&type=lgns
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