Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker apologized for comments made this week regarding MLB players negotiating salaries during the COVID-19 pandemic.
"I want to apologize for leaving the impression that baseball players shouldn’t have the right to bargain to protect their health and safety," Pritzker said Wednesday during his daily coronavirus press briefing. "I absolutely support that right, and I should have made that more clear."
Tuesday, Pritzker weighed in on the showdown brewing between MLB and the players union regarding salaries as they negotiate a shortened 2020 season. The governor said he's "disappointed in many ways that players are holding out for these very, very high salaries and payments during a time when I think everybody is sacrificing.