southsider2k5

The players are still trying to make up the losses they have suffered in the last 20 years. It isn't that complex. While the owners offered some "improvements", they weren't nearly the improvements which will keep in line with what the revenue gains have been, and certainly will be in the coming years with the revenue streams they are opening. They players expected more, and asked for more. So while the owners finally moved off of their small increases to minimum wages, the players asks were even higher. With 70% of players in that under $1 million per season bracket, those numbers not only become a lot of players defacto paychecks, they also set the middle salaries by establishing a floor. They wanted move than a "move in the right direction" they wanted a move that is commiserate with the new revenues coming into baseball. That's a fair ask. Working under the old deal would have allowed them both to keep negotiating while playing and moving forward. They weren't going to keep that deal forever. It is an extremely common technique in labor negotiations which aren't poisoned to work under the conditions of the old deal until a new one can be reached. The typical action after that is to go back and make up the differences once that deal is reached. It wasn't about keeping the old deal, it was about not unnecessarily stopping baseball to force the player negotiations capitulation, which has now failed. We are now at Day 92, and having had the first cancellation of baseball in 27 years.

Based on the initial owners offerings, I have no doubt the players would have kept playing under the old system.

A couple of leaders are talking on the phone.

I am more excited about him than anyone else in the system.

Poor Biebers dad. Why do that to yourself?

His Bulls holdings do make him an actual Billionaire.

From Betonline

Oh man. With all of the time and effort Bernie put into that tweet, he probably doesn't have the time or bandwidth to worry about anything else.

He didn't, so unless there is something else in the deal that wasn't talked about, this did nothing for him.

This lockout in a nutshell

He wouldn't have gotten this raise.

I swear I was just doing research!

This is exactly why I refused to buy anything until after the CBA was settled.