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Baseball will happen. The commissioner can set a 50 game season without player consent.

Posted by spamlet Jun 8 '20, 08:40

That’s why the owners won’t pay players for more than 50 games. If the players don’t agree to more they set up a 50 game season and expanded playoffs. Less cost, more revenue for owners.

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But players and owners already agreed that no player has to play, so... -- nm - David Jun 8, 08:46 10
- They don’t get service time if they don’t play -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 8, 08:52 1
  - Actually, that's not my understanding. The new March agreement said that they would. -- nm - David Jun 8, 08:56
- Mike Trout won’t play? The owners are more than happy not to pay him and pay the salary of a player making the minimum instead. - spamlet Jun 8, 08:52 7
  - What you're describing destroys the game of baseball by tearing down its stars. -- nm - David Jun 8, 08:57 6
    - er, though for that specific example, MLB already went after Trout for apparently not being enough of a star - JD Jun 8, 09:06
    - But more seriously, there will always be more ball players. If fans have shown anything, they are more loyal to teams than players. - spamlet Jun 8, 09:01 1
      - Yes, I'm sure strike baseball would go over swimmingly. -- nm - David Jun 8, 09:06
    - Hi. -- nm - 1994 Jun 8, 08:59 2
      - That's exactly my point. -- nm - David Jun 8, 09:06 1
        
        It was down for a couple of years and now franchises are worth many multiples of what they were then so for an owner that sounds like a win. -- nm - spamlet Jun 8, 09:19

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Baseball will happen. The commissioner can set a 50 game season without player consent.

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