Here is the latest proposal from the owners to the players with a Sunday deadline to accept according to CUBS INSIDER website this afternoon:
Commissioner Rob Manfred was full of crap when he said this offer would be responsive and this makes it clearer than ever that owners are only willing to restart the season on terms that are far more favorable to them. All they’re doing is shifting the numbers around to make it look as though their offers are improving, when in fact they’re just giving players more or less the same thing.
Expanded playoffs alone, something the players have offered to push into next season as well, would more than make up for the extra 17-20% the owners are holding back. This got stupid a long time ago and now it’s entered the realm of farce. If the season happens, it’ll be because Manfred makes it 50 games or something at full pay and dares the players to strike.
That said, I still think a season happens.
Will there be a season. I think so since MLB still can still recover a huge amount of dollars from television for the playoffs and World Series. However, I think that MLB and The Players Union have screwed around so long over the money that the majority of fans now don't give a shit if there is a season or not.
- 72-game season starts around July 14, ends September 27
- Exact dates determined upon acceptance
- Playoffs expand to 8 teams per league
- Players guaranteed 70% of prorated salaries ($1.31B)
- Additional 10% if postseason played ($187M)
- Additional 3% kicker if postseason completed ($56M)
- Total potential for 83% of prorated
- Qualifying offer, draft-pick comp suspended
- 21-day spring training
- Opt-out for high-risk players
Commissioner Rob Manfred was full of crap when he said this offer would be responsive and this makes it clearer than ever that owners are only willing to restart the season on terms that are far more favorable to them. All they’re doing is shifting the numbers around to make it look as though their offers are improving, when in fact they’re just giving players more or less the same thing.
Expanded playoffs alone, something the players have offered to push into next season as well, would more than make up for the extra 17-20% the owners are holding back. This got stupid a long time ago and now it’s entered the realm of farce. If the season happens, it’ll be because Manfred makes it 50 games or something at full pay and dares the players to strike.
That said, I still think a season happens.
Will there be a season. I think so since MLB still can still recover a huge amount of dollars from television for the playoffs and World Series. However, I think that MLB and The Players Union have screwed around so long over the money that the majority of fans now don't give a shit if there is a season or not.
