What I'm Hearing: Our very own MLB insider Bob Nightengale details the historic proposal the league will send the players' union that aims for an 82-game schedule starting the first week of July. USA TODAY
Before this unprecedented Major League Baseball season can lurch any closer to fruition, its players must confront an internal dilemma that will stretch beyond 2020.
As owners and the union aim for agreement on how to mitigate billions of dollars in lost revenue from playing games in empty stadiums – should even that be possible – a group that has enjoyed almost unchecked salary growth and solidarity for the last 50 years has been asked to swallow the unthinkable at a time they’re already backed against the ropes.