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Bruce Meyer elevated to baseball players’ association interim executive director
- Voted unanimously, Bruce Meyer becomes the interim executive director on Wednesday after the Major League Baseball Players Association executive board of 72 players approved the move.
- Asked to step down by the union's eight-man executive subcommittee, Clark resigned Tuesday after an outside counsel investigation found evidence of an `inappropriate` relationship with his sister-in-law, a union employee since 2023.
- Bruce Meyer, a veteran labor lawyer who served as deputy, has been the union's lead negotiator since 2018 and survived a 2024 effort led by Harry Marino and players Jack Flaherty, Lucas Giolito, and Ian Happ to remove him.
- The MLBPA's executive board installed continuity leadership ahead of April talks, promoting Matt Nussbaum to interim deputy to reinforce resistance against the salary cap owners propose.
- With owners pushing a salary‑cap proposal, the union faces high‑stakes bargaining as Meyer leads contentious talks starting in April and warns a lockout could imperil regular‑season games.
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Bruce Meyer steps into top union role Bruce Meyer was chosen unanimously as the Major League Baseball Players Association’s interim executive director following the abrupt resignation of his predecessor. Meyer, who had been the deputy within the union, immediately assumed leadership duties ...
MLBPA elects Bruce Meyer to be new leader amid shocking upheaval at a critical time for baseball players union
By Hannah Keyser, CNN (CNN) — The Major League Baseball Players Association has elected a new executive director following the sudden departure of Tony Clark, who had led the union for over a decade. Bruce Meyer will serve as the sixth executive director in the history of the MLBPA, the union announced. Player leadership – 72 major and minor league members of the executive board – voted unanimously on Wednesday to make Meyer, previously the depu…
MLBPA names Bruce Meyer interim executive director in wake of Tony Clark scandal
The Major League Baseball Players Association has its Tony Clark replacement. Bruce Meyer, previously the No. 2 union official, was unanimously elected as executive director, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan.
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Usa newsMLBPA names Bruce Meyer interim executive director
SURPRISE, Ariz. — Bruce Meyer was promoted to interim executive director of the baseball players' association on Wednesday, a day after Tony Clark’s forced resignation. Matt Nussbaum was promoted to interim deputy executive director from general counsel.The decisions by the Major League Baseball Players Association executive board during an online meeting was a move for continuity ahead of the likely start in April of what figures to be contenti…
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