It's Not Gonna Happen

The offseason from hell continues. When the players finally decided the owners weren't negotiating in good faith, they said, "we're done talking. Tell us when to report and when to play." MLB and the owners said sure, just as long as you don't file a grievance saying we violated the March agreement. Yeah, right.

The owners are trying to wring every single dollar out of the players before agreeing to let the games begin. Baseball has seen record revenues over the last seven years. Just as they were crying poor over the weekend, word leaked out MLB and TBS had agreed to a $2 BILLION TV contract. That works out to more than $66 million per team. PER TEAM.

Every business suffers a down year. And just because you own a team doesn't mean you're guaranteed to make money. It's an investment like every other investment. If you don't want to take the risk, sell the damn team. The average MLB franchise is worth $1.78 billion. And the poorest owner has a net worth of $400 million; most are billionaires. 

The owners only care about themselves and their Scrooge McDuck size piles of cash. They don't give a rat's ass about the game, the fans, the team employees, or the players. MLB had a chance to give quarantined Americans something to watch. They could be getting ready for the season right now with a July 4 return. Nope. The owners won't have it. 

I'm glad the players have stood firm. They're not asking for their full year's salary. They've offered to play for prorated pay, based on the number of games they play. Their solidarity is admirable. The owners, however, look like greedy motherfuckers. 

I don't think there's going to be baseball this year. And that makes me incredibly sad and pissed off.