Millionaires vs. Billionaires
If Major League Baseball had all of their ducks in a row, they could've been one of the first leagues back after the coronavirus shutdown, instead their going to be one of the last. Last week, commissioner Rob Manfred came out at said 100% there would be a baseball season and then this week being the spokesperson for the owners that he is backtracked and said he couldn't say 100%. Both sides have been in stalemate for weeks, with the players wanting the 100% prorated salary that they were promised in March and the owners, who are going to lose money with empty stadiums saying no we don't have to agree to that. Hopefully for the people who want to see baseball this year that was just a bluff by Manfred (who works for the owners) and the owners to stall until they can only play the number of games that makes sense to them. The commissioner can with a little negotiation impose a season (48ish games). I am still hopeful that there will still, probably be a 2020 MLB season, we just have to get both sides talking. Get Manfred (owners) and Tony Clark (players) to Palm Spring or any social distancing place to negotiate face to face and hash this thing out. At this point we need someone to do what justice Sonia Sotomayor did to end the strike in 95' and bring the two sides together, maybe someone like a Randy Levine is that person. As I sat down to write this I heard the two sides did have a face to face meeting and their is a new proposal. Will the players get more games so that they can get more prorated money or will the owners impose less so that they don't have to play in to November. I believe there is a deal to be struck here, I don't know when but even though the season got shut down before any revenue sources such as national television contracts could be tapped into, there is postseaseason money, expanded money maybe. The MLB is losing fans by the day and it will not get better without a deal.
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Thursday, June 4, 2020
Sports... where we stand on the major 4
If your like me you're dying for something live, like sports on television. This time of year we're used to crowing champions in basketball and hockey and watching baseball (boys of summer) all summer long... This year we'll have to wait but hopefully not to long.
Today the NBA announced plans to restart their season at the end of July, when Disney opens. Basketball will be back with a modified season, including 22 of 30 teams and then head into the playoffs, after playing eight regular season games amongst the teams within six games of a playoff spot. Their bubble will be at Walt Disney World, which helps both parties. Basketball will set up shop at disney where players and teams can be isolated without fans. All playoff rounds will continue to be a best of seven and run from 7/31-9/31. What I haven't heard from the NBA is anything about testing. Also today the NHL announced a plan with 24 teams, all of whom enter a best of five game qualifing tournanment before being seated for the playoffs. Hockey would probaly have two bubble cities, one for the eastern conference and one for the western conference, I am hearing vesgas. More information will be forthcoming on this plan including specifics on testing, hub cities and rule adjustments. Two leagues are back, next up is baseball, baseball does not have a deal yet but I for one am still holding out hope. Unlike the NBA and NHL the relationship between the MLB owners and players is not great, maybe even frosty. Baseball players and owners are looking more and more petty, everyday they don't have a deal. Millionares and Billionares argueing about dollars and cents at a time when many americans are loosing jobs or getting furloughed, many won't stand for this. Baseball is already losing fans and not playing or potentially loosing a son will not help. Time is running out (for a legegiment season which I consider over 80 games) players want about a three week traing camp and if we're going to have professional baseball by July fourth they betteer get busy, I hope to roll over one day and see an announcement of a basball season. One league that will play it's just a question of with fans or with out is the NFL.
All these leagues are coming back at least at first without fans. We're awase away from sports with fan in this country, do we need a cure for this virus first, thats going to be awhile or can we cheat and gradgually build of attendance. in any case people are going to have to start taking risks not just in sports but in life, in order to get back to some semblace of normalcy. We have aways taken risks in life and I realize is't a new normal but we all have to push the boundries again or we'll be locked in our houses for years.
Today the NBA announced plans to restart their season at the end of July, when Disney opens. Basketball will be back with a modified season, including 22 of 30 teams and then head into the playoffs, after playing eight regular season games amongst the teams within six games of a playoff spot. Their bubble will be at Walt Disney World, which helps both parties. Basketball will set up shop at disney where players and teams can be isolated without fans. All playoff rounds will continue to be a best of seven and run from 7/31-9/31. What I haven't heard from the NBA is anything about testing. Also today the NHL announced a plan with 24 teams, all of whom enter a best of five game qualifing tournanment before being seated for the playoffs. Hockey would probaly have two bubble cities, one for the eastern conference and one for the western conference, I am hearing vesgas. More information will be forthcoming on this plan including specifics on testing, hub cities and rule adjustments. Two leagues are back, next up is baseball, baseball does not have a deal yet but I for one am still holding out hope. Unlike the NBA and NHL the relationship between the MLB owners and players is not great, maybe even frosty. Baseball players and owners are looking more and more petty, everyday they don't have a deal. Millionares and Billionares argueing about dollars and cents at a time when many americans are loosing jobs or getting furloughed, many won't stand for this. Baseball is already losing fans and not playing or potentially loosing a son will not help. Time is running out (for a legegiment season which I consider over 80 games) players want about a three week traing camp and if we're going to have professional baseball by July fourth they betteer get busy, I hope to roll over one day and see an announcement of a basball season. One league that will play it's just a question of with fans or with out is the NFL.
All these leagues are coming back at least at first without fans. We're awase away from sports with fan in this country, do we need a cure for this virus first, thats going to be awhile or can we cheat and gradgually build of attendance. in any case people are going to have to start taking risks not just in sports but in life, in order to get back to some semblace of normalcy. We have aways taken risks in life and I realize is't a new normal but we all have to push the boundries again or we'll be locked in our houses for years.
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