Daily News | MLB takes small step on minimum salary, threatens to cancel games if deal isn’t reached by Feb. 28
While the frequency of talks between Major League Baseball and the Players Association picked up Wednesday, the pace of progress continued to be sloth-like and the likelihood of a 162-game season grew ever dimmer.
In a statement to reporters, an MLB spokesman doubled-down on the league’s Feb. 28 deadline by which a collective bargaining agreement must be reached to avoid pushing back a March 31 opening day and canceling games. If the season doesn’t start on time, players would begin missing paychecks and owners would lose revenue from missed games.MLB and the union are expected to meet again Thursday, with the players set to volley a revision to their latest proposal.
Players would lose a total of about $20.5 million each day the season is delayed, according to an Associated Press estimate. It’s unclear how much money the owners would lose per game missed.“It’s fascinating MLB setting a hard deadline to play a full season for Monday,” Wood wrote. “They locked us out. Had barely any contact for two months post lockout. Have yet to make a single good faith offer to even initiate real conversations to get a deal done. Just make a real offer.
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