@dawn, thats what i was inferring on the first portion.
it looks like it's some % of total, but it's just the result of growth stagnating for a few years. the money they can take is nearly 'fixed' relative to X number of players in the mlb -- slight changes year-to-year, but inevitably stays ~consistent... what player won't take the money given to them? maybe they forget once in a hile or logistics gets in way? whatver creative cuase you can think of that would cause slight deviation - maybe one team keeps 24 for a few days etc. not "fixed" but basically fixed.
the mil thing- well that's evidence that money doesn't "trickle down."
That's just how it works.. people at the bottom get paid the least and get the fewest increases to pay... hence pay gap has increased astronomically since the 50's/60's.. baseball is not immune to this force even if the line drawn is a little further up the heirarchy due to Collective Bargaining power of the talent. honestly, mlb players still get paid peanuts, relatively speaking.
mil poriton of total revenue doesn't get CoLA or general pay raises easily. so the percentage dwindles over time. this is, politically, the very goal of conservative backed financial policies. keep the money at the top. then watch it never trickle down.
mlb players hve seen a >20,000% increase to pay since FA began. the pros were paid fairly well.. 3-4X a teacher's salary if i recall the correct example. a college education < playing basebal, wtf is wrong with us? mil will never keep up with that.