Remember that time, like, less than two years ago when Major League Baseball shut down mid-pandemic? Remember how ugly it was when the two sides of that realm - the owners and the players - went toe to toe in public to try to figure out just how they were going to structure a season at all?
I ‘member. It set the stage for these Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiations, negotiations that have basically failed to ‘negotiate’ in any form or fashion since the lockout began nearly three full months ago. The owners have dug in their heels and refused to budge on any new proposals despite revenues having skyrocketed since these two sides last came to an accord, and the players rightfully feel like they’re providing both the risk and the product for a booming business and reaping fewer and fewer rewards.