https://www.mlb.com/reds/news/reds-o...mited-workouts
GABP open for "limited solo workouts"
https://www.mlb.com/reds/news/reds-o...mited-workouts
GABP open for "limited solo workouts"
I don’t know what the right thing to do is, but I’ve seen quite a few baseball/football official/unofficial workouts recently. Most athletes are competitors and I think many realize a championship could be won by the most prepared, not necessarily “the best” team this year.
Net worth absolutely impacts revenue because that value opens up so many options and avenues. These owners may have a down year but that net worth will carry them through and they will continue to reap the rewards when it is all said and done. The players have a finite amount of years to play and get theirs.
And everyone in this thread claiming that owners are going to toss money back to the players is living in a dream world. America is capitalism and capitalism only cares about its labor enough to extract as much value as possible while paying as little as possible. As a business owner that knows a large number of other business owners, most don't give a damn about how their employees are compensated. It is incredibly rare that anyone does, luckily our business is not run that way and the owners didn't take a dime for 3+ years so we could pay our employees as much as was feasible.
The owners can make these work, I don't doubt that it might hurt but they can absolutely make it work.
"When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail"
*BaseClogger* (05-28-2020),savafan (05-29-2020),westofyou (05-27-2020)
Owners and players both need to see the forest for the trees here. The 94 strike struck a huge blow to MLBs dominance of American sports and it has been declining ever since. Ths NFL and NBA are ru ning circles around them.
They have a huge opportunity teed up here that could pay exponential dividends down the road by taking advantage of the current void, and yet, here we are.
As usual, its not players v. owners. It's certain players v. other players v. certain owners v. other owners. And there is a Commissioner and a Union Rep who have no history with each other. Its not a good mix-- unless someone gets some sanity, we may not see baseball for a long time.
Phoenix2 (05-28-2020)
I didn’t get much support for this theory earlier, but this offer further convinces me that the owners are trying to break the union, or set the players up for 2022 negotiations.
Hoping to change my username to 75769023
Chip R (05-28-2020)
Baseball ain’t happening. What an embarrassment. Shame on the owners and players.
What would you say.....ya do here?
WildcatFan (05-28-2020)
After all the crap this pandemic has done to this nation and its citizens, it is a crying shame that these two sides can't come to an agreement to get baseball going. If they don't play this year I'm finished with MLB which is by far my favorite sports league and has been since 1979. I came back after 1981 and 1994, but I'm older and wiser now. I'll spend my money and time on something besides these selfish bastards.
Rdirtypirates (05-28-2020),REDREAD (06-04-2020)
You didn't get much support 'cause it's silly. What sports union has been busted in your lifetime? What sports union is the strongest? Breaking up unions aren't common in sports and if it was to be done, MLBPA would be the least likely. This is tin foil hat territory here
If 2020 was going to teach us anything, it's that nobody knows what will happen
Edd Roush (05-28-2020)
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