A disagreement between the owners and players over— you guessed it— money, has the potential to completely derail a season already heavily delayed by the coronavirus pandemic and already in a tenuous position because of the seemingly countless ways things could go fatally awry.
... [+]Back in late March right after what would have been opening day, a couple of weeks after sports leagues around the world shut down because of COVID-19, baseball’s owners and players came to a wide-ranging agreement where players would be paid a prorated amount of their salaries based on games played.
So right now we have ourselves an old fashioned impasse, where MLB and its owners want a 50-50 revenue split while the players’ union and powerful agents like Scott Boras contend that prorated salaries have already been agreed on and further concessions serves as a nonstarter. “Let’s face it: Infections are going to happen,” a professor of epidemiology and infectious disease at Emory University. Would players go to bars and restaurants in cities where that’s allowed and then travel to cities that still have stay-at-home orders? The travel and inevitable hotel stays heightens players’ risks regardless of where they go and how much testing there is....
France Dernières Nouvelles, France Actualités
Similar News:Vous pouvez également lire des articles d'actualité similaires à celui-ci que nous avons collectés auprès d'autres sources d'information.
Restaurant owners ask Trump for PPP fixes. Trump response: ‘My news negates what you just said’After two rounds of funding for PPP totaling $360 billion, restaurants are still getting crushed by the financial toll of the coronavirus pandemic.
Lire la suite »
Um, Did ABC Just Cancel Your Favorite Comedy?ABC's cancellations come as the network prepares to unveil it's 2020-2021 TV schedule.
Lire la suite »
It’s Probably Not Safe for Sports to Come Back. That May Not Matter.We can tsk-tsk sports leagues for rushing back when the national situation doesn’t seem safe enough to warrant it. But at the end of the day, we’ll watch. We always do. williamfleitch writes
Lire la suite »
MLB Player Starling Marte Mourns Wife in Emotional Instagram Post: 'My Heart, It's Broken'The athlete's wife Noelia Brazoban died of a heart attack on Monday
Lire la suite »
ABC Orders 2 New Shows for 2020-2021The Big Sky and Call Your Mother have been ordered for next season on the ABC network.
Lire la suite »
CBS announces 'S.W.A.T.' Season 4 will be delayed. Here's when fans can expect it'S.W.A.T' is ending its current season and fans will have a longer than usual wait before CBS releases Season 4 of the crime drama.
Lire la suite »