The MLB players’ association has
come back with a counter-proposal that calls for a 114-game season running from
July through October while offering salary relief in the form of deferred
payments. According to one analyst, the
owners are not impressed.
And why would they be? As a group, these are people who want to play
as few games as possible while maximizing their revenue streams. The more I watch them, the more I long for
the likes of anyone named Comiskey, Veeck or Wrigley. These greatly flawed individuals or families
at least treated their ball clubs as a public trust, not an investment for creating
generational wealth.
Commissioner Manfred should get on
a conference call and ask a simple question to the owners: How many times has a fan come up to you and
said, “You’re the reason I came to the game today”? If they’re inclined to tell the truth, the answer
will be, “Zero.”
One last thing: The longer baseball waits, the sooner
football will pounce.
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