MLS proposes new Club World Cup prize money payout deemed ?retaliatory? by players? u

• CBA limits player prize money to $1m per team
  
• New proposal gives players 20% of total performance prize

Major League Soccer has submitted a new proposal to its players concerning how bonuses for the Club World Cup will be paid out to the players on clubs participating in the tournament, according to a source familiar with negotiations between the parties who spoke to the Guardian and other outlets on the condition of anonymity to protect their relationships within the game. The MLS Players? Association, the union representing MLS players, later confirmed they had received a proposal.
According to the source, the league?s offer would see players earn 20% of a team?s performance-based prize money at each stage of the tournament with no agreed-upon cap on maximum payout. This means each group of MLS players competing in the tournament would collectively receive $200,000 for a group stage win (from a total prize of $1m), $400,000 for a group stage win (from a total prize of $2m per team, per win), $1.5m for making the Round of 16 (from a total prize of $7.5m) and so on.
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