Despite coming to terms in March on service time and salaries for the 2020 regular season, Major League Baseball and the Players Association have been at odds over recent weeks due to interpretation of the language in that agreement.
MLB and its team owners asserted new negotiations were required because of the likelihood the season would begin without fans being able to attend games. The union has claimed that possibility was taken into account when the sides agreed to prorated salaries.
Team owners purportedly would lose more money paying prorated salaries for games that don’t draw attendance as opposed to simply cancelling the entire season.