Approximately 25 percent of the 2020 Major League Baseball season has already been lost to the COVID-19 pandemic, and if all goes well, roughly 50 percent of the season will be played. MLB submitted a restart proposal to the MLBPA earlier this week that calls for an 82-game season and a 14-team postseason. The two sides are now trying to work out the details.
MLB's proposal includes a revised salary system that would split revenue 50/50 between owners and players. The two sides agreed to prorate salaries back in March, and now ownership is trying to get additional salary reductions because games are unlikely to be played with fans in the stands. The MLBPA believes the salary issue was resolved in March. It's a sticky situation.
On Friday, Alex Rodriguez became the latest former player to urge MLB and the MLBPA to put aside their differences and come to an agreement to "save baseball." A-Rod released the following video on Twitter:
"It is the people's comfort food and people are starving," A-Rod said. "And I just don't want to see this great game -- people fighting, billionaires fighting with millionaires. This has nothing to do with the past. This has nothing to do with the strike. This is actually when the owners and players are aligned and we want the same thing. We want to save baseball. We want to play baseball.
"Players want to play. Fans want to watch," he added. "And at the end of the day, if you don't play today, you don't win tomorrow, because hopefully, we don't have another situation like this. This is like beyond anything we've ever seen before. I just urge the players and owners to think collectively. If there's $100 in the pie, like the NBA, players take $50, owners take $50. And we give it to the fans. We thank the fans of baseball."
Mark Teixeira, A-Rod's longtime teammate with the Yankees, recently said he would rather play for "pennies on the dollar" than lose a season because the two sides couldn't agree on money. Meanwhile, Trevor Bauer called the proposal "laughable," and Blake Snell and Bryce Harper agreed another salary reduction isn't worth the risk.
A theme is emerging: MLB players still in the game don't like the proposal and do not want to accept another pay cut after already agreeing to one in March. Players out of the game, guys who've already made their fortune and won't risk their health by traveling and being near others, want the two sides to compromise to play the game. Both sides are acting in their own self-interests.
When it comes to money disputes, fans will rarely side with the players. If the season is not played because of money though, it will be MLB's and the owners' fault. The sides have already have a salary agreement in place. If the owners want more relief than prorated salaries, they shouldn't have agreed to prorated salaries. It really is that simple.
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