MLSPA Executive Director Bob Foose notes that players made more than $150 million in concessions to make sure the season could be played (took 5 percent pay cuts). Also, 20 percent of players tested positive for COVID this season.
"This would be a mistake. The force majeure clause was added to the CBA without any idea what 2021 was going to look like. It was intended for a catastrophic event." -- Foose on belief CBA should be left in tact, noting there are reasons for optimism with the vaccine...
Also, there are other ways to reduce costs without reneging on current agreements made with players.
I'm not sure if the MLSPA does this regularly (I don't recall if I was on their email list last year), but I don't think it's a coincidence it was set up right after Don Garber's state of the league address seemed to include a warning of a possible need to use the force majeure.
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