Pirates’ team president Frank Coonelly has released a statement expressing a lack of concern about the possibility of a complaint against the Pirates for failing to spend their revenue sharing receipts in compliance with the collective bargaining agreement:
The Pirates are not being investigated by MLB and the Commissioner has no concerns whatsoever with the manner in which the Pirates are investing its revenue sharing receipts into building a winner.
This is rather disingenuous, as the reports are that the MLBPA is looking into the matter, not the Commissioner. The statement has the feel of a party anticipating litigation, and concludes with a sarcastic reference to the union’s “concerns.