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#74280	06/09/2020 7:48:39 am	Oct 24th, 2045
Brewnoe Joined: 03/25/2014 Posts: 829 Fall River Naughty Dawgs III.3	General opinion? Where are you? Kills me to say it. At this point (if I ever follow baseball past the Cape-cod league again) I'm leaning towards rooting for the first team that disavows any players that had had any contact with "Stuper-agent" Bore-ass

#74299	06/09/2020 4:02:27 pm	Oct 28th, 2045
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9778 Haverhill Halflings Legends	I've never followed any sports so only vaguely aware of what's happening. I'd rather play than watch

#74537	06/15/2020 6:50:15 pm	Jan 15th, 2046
Ced Joined: 11/07/2014 Posts: 656 Denver Broncos III.2	MLB commish Rob Manfred tells ESPN he's "not confident" season will be played.

#74539	06/15/2020 9:14:24 pm	Jan 15th, 2046
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5024 Administrator	Broken Bat might be the only baseball for a while...I guess they can't agree on the money. Typical baseball, right? Steve

#74541	06/15/2020 9:49:23 pm	Jan 15th, 2046
gocubs16 Joined: 01/07/2020 Posts: 116 Inactive	lol, steve. at least we have a comish that actually takes our suggestions into consideration, so i mean we dont ever have to do anything like the MLB does. Thanks our wonderful comish steve

#74542	06/15/2020 9:53:38 pm	Jan 15th, 2046
gocubs16 Joined: 01/07/2020 Posts: 116 Inactive	btw steve i think you should make a football(American) sim game, and if you do ill i can be a beta tester

#74544	06/15/2020 11:09:43 pm	Jan 15th, 2046
MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive	Both sides of MLB are being ridiculous.

#74598	06/17/2020 6:24:10 am	Jan 22nd, 2046
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5227 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	I find it hard to fault the players. They've made timely offers and concessions. With no movement from the owners they've taken the floor (50 games pro-rated) both sides agreed to back in March. The owners are more frustrating, but understandable. They have to weigh and accept the risks. Grievance / litigation. Cancelled playoffs. Brand damage. They are such a diverse group (from pompous alpha males to faceless media corps, rich & poor, competitive and not, etc.), and it only takes 25% (8 teams) dissenting to scuttle something. Not surprising their offers have been slow and have offered few concessions.

#74609	06/17/2020 9:33:25 am	Jan 27th, 2046
PrivateSnowflake Joined: 01/06/2015 Posts: 1225 Bloomington Thunder II.2	Looks like the owners have decided playing @50 games plus a playoff is the sweet spot in trying to maximize profit this season. To that end, they have negotiated in bad faith. The MLBPA knows this, hence the "Let us know when and where" to begin play. Now Manfred, in order to have a 50 game season, has to delay for 2 to 3 weeks because if he says "play ball" now, the season will be 70+ games (which coincidentally, was the MLBPA last offer). The fascinating part is, if Manfred doesn't begin now, the MLBPA will take this to arbitration and the MLBPA will win (IMO). This means the owners could be on the hook for possibly a billion or more in back-pay to the players for the lost games. Really good stuff! Another juicy nugget is you know Manfred was hired with an eye on the new 2021 collective bargaining agreement. If the MLBPA takes this to arbitration and the owners lose, does Manfred stay on to complete the job he was actually hired to do? Costing your client billions and emboldening the player's association the year you begin contract talks with them can't get you a glowing endorsement. I'll predict a 50 game schedule + playoffs in 2020. No baseball to begin 2021, but when it comes back we have 27-28 man rosters, universal DH, and an expanded playoff field.

#74622	06/17/2020 12:34:54 pm	Jan 29th, 2046
Ced Joined: 11/07/2014 Posts: 656 Denver Broncos III.2	Whichever sports league is first to market will be making some bank. Who will it be though? So it's June...is it down to baseball and basketball or are others in the mix?