re: MLB owners should cancel season

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These are the risks of ownership. If the owners don’t like that they have downside risk in certain business conditions, they should sell their franchises.

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There is another option you know. They have some protections under force majeure. There is a solution that better for both parties if both parties are willing to negotiate.

If the players play hard ball, they are going to force the owners to play hard ball. If they are right that this is just owners negotiating the next CBA, they will probably end up getting what they want.

If they are wrong, the owners are going to not have a season, and they will hurt every bit as much as the owners.

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If MLB was having a boom time and the players tried to negotiate more money for themselves before the current CBA was up, owners would tell them to go pound sand (and you would support them in that, I’d wager).

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Under normal times, this makes sense. Under a scenario where a virus prevents stadiums from being filled, it doesn't.

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What’s good for the goose is good for the gander

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You guys who form opinions based on their "feelings" of what's fair vs. the realities of the situation that are present are going to end up supporting a less than optimal end.