Recall the Application About the Salaries Paid in Major League

question 76

Multiple Choice

Recall the Application about the salaries paid in Major League Baseball to answer the following question(s) . Some Major League Baseball players are free agents, meaning they are free to negotiate a contract with any team. Other players are journeymen and apprentices, who are restricted to a single team.
-Recall the Application. On average, free agents in Major League Baseball tend to be paid a salary ________ their marginal revenue product.

• A) significantly higher than
• B) significantly lower than
• C) close to
• D) unrelated to

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