Told you California was going to ruin this for us:
BREAKING: Los Angeles County’s stay-at-home orders extended for the next 3 months - KTLA
Told you California was going to ruin this for us:
BREAKING: Los Angeles County’s stay-at-home orders extended for the next 3 months - KTLA
What would you say.....ya do here?
Stay at home for 5 months. LOL
757690 (05-12-2020),RedTeamGo! (05-12-2020)
This is not official. It’s based on one person in a meeting saying there will be some sort of stay at home orders through July. LA country has already lifted some restrictions and will lift more tomorrow. There are three phases, so it’s likely that the third phase won’t be until July, but there will be continuing softening of restrictions until then.
My guess is that they will allow baseball games without fans by July.
Hoping to change my username to 75769023
NebraskaRed (05-12-2020),RedTeamGo! (05-12-2020)
Apologies, I shouldn't have used such a loaded term. I didn't mean to imply any motivations to you. I meant you were right that the owner's appear to have the leverage in the short term. How they use that is of course entirely at their discretion.
They can "bust the union" in this negotiation by using their leverage to get maximum payroll concessions this season, or they can look at this as a unique opportunity to put baseball in the limelight and set themselves (and the player's union) up to divide larger pies in the future.
Hoosier Red (05-12-2020)
I didn't say that they have leverage either. I merely said that it made sense that they couldn't afford to pay full salary for 82 games since they weren't getting revenue from fans attending. I don't tie this to any negotiation in the future. This is an isolated event
Edd Roush (05-12-2020)
I think I'm communicating ill intent when none is intended. This is a negotiation.
As you said in the original post I was responding to "If the avg career is about 5 yrs then the players risk losing 20% of their career earnings if they don't agree to this deal."
That's leverage which the owners possess. That doesn't make it wrong or evil, its just a statement of fact.
They can, if they choose, use that leverage and maximize the payroll reductions the players will accept. I just don't think that's wise.
They're much better off both long term and short term maximizing the value of this season to a)take the opportunity to be the only game in town and b)preserve and enhance the various media contract revenue which is a much much larger part of their revenue pie than attendance.
If you're saying, "As for the money, I don't see how the owners can give any more up." Than it sounds like you'd be in favor of the owners not bending on salary in the forthcoming negotiation. I think whatever additional concessions the owners give will be paid back in additional eyeballs and consumers both now and in the future.
westofyou (05-12-2020)
M2 (05-12-2020)
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