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I support this message, but also use it as a launching point for another reason that MLBPA did not make a counter proposal or engage in negotiations. Last year MLB slow-rolled the negotiations to start the season. It did so purposefully to reduce the amount of regular season 1/ https://twitter.com/middlebrooks/status/1356630601328123904
games. You'll recall that MLBPA wanted as many games as possible b/c that's when the players make their salaries (as opposed to playoff shares). MLB wanted to reduce the games to the lowest possible regular season. It even threatened to unilaterally implement a very short 2/
schedule. Ultimately 60 games was the most possible in the very short window still available when the parties reached agreement.
Let's imagine the PA made a counter proposal. MLB came back days later with another proposal. You can see where this is going. MLB could get what 3/
Let's imagine the PA made a counter proposal. MLB came back days later with another proposal. You can see where this is going. MLB could get what 3/
it wants just by delay. Drag out these negotiations for two weeks and all of a sudden players can't report until March. Get close, but without agreement a little longer and it's pushed back a month, exactly as proposed. The PA already saw this show. They don't need a rerun. 4/
By not countering and enforcing the CBA (which was mutually agreed), there's no risk of MLB running out the clock again and reducing salaries by shortening the season. /end
