DeMaurice Smith

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756 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 16 Jul

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Pablo Torre Finds Out · Decoding the Kawhi Leonard Investigation, with DeMaurice Smith · 16 Jul 2026 podcast

So and I get it and I get the players and like, oh, we don't need a salary cap.

We know this and that.

I'm like, you know, first of all, go somewhere and sit down.

Because the reality is, if you didn't have a cap and the owners controlled and cornered the market, they could set a price that is far below what they're paying because of the cap.

The union prevents that because it means that when they are negotiating salaries and things like health care and protection and pensions and things like that, you get to represent the entire body.

And if there is no collective bargaining agreement, the risk is that the owners won't have talent.

So that's the leverage.

Yeah, it does.

But so does monopolies.

Right.

Let's flip it around just to make it really easy.

You're coming out of college.

There's the National Football League.

There really isn't another place if you're the best talent in the world to receive the best salaries.

So there's no salary cap.

There's no collective bargaining agreement.

And you and I are owners of the National Football League.

And he comes in and he says, you know, I'm, you know, the best running back in the league and I'm coming out.

I want to get paid.

And you and I decide, hey, we're going to pay $100,000.

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