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Originally Posted by somuchtoplay
I'm sure they will negotiate something, but if they vote on a scenario where games are played and some players can't bring themselves to agree to the conditions to play (autoimmune disease, at-risk family), I'm guessing they aren't getting their fully guaranteed contract value, no matter how high-profile. The contracts were all signed with the assumption of ticketing and especially TV money backing them up. Plus sport ownership groups are typically greedy bastards...they regularly threaten to move teams out of cities if they dont get their sparkly new stadiums/renovations...if they would rip out the heart of an entire city, I guarantee you they would screw over their players. Sport owners are just awful, I guess that is my main point in all this (I have been scarred for life from Art Modell), and I would put nothing past them.
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You're absolutely right: sports owners are all awful. With the exception of
maybe a handful ie Mark Cuban (I think?) they are all shitty and immoral.
That's why there should be no negotiation on behalf of the MLB players union. The contracts were signed, they are guaranteed, give them their money.
I love this idea that the money isn't coming in to MLB owners like they are pinching pennies living paycheck to paycheck. Oh, you're not making a your usual killing from ticket sales and concessions? Boo hoo. Pay your employees their guaranteed money, and get insurance next time (see: Wimbeldon)