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A delay of CBA negotiations is an agreement to an extension of the current CBA. We already know how the players & their Union feel about the CBA. They are disappointed & want to change several articles. MLB wants to keep the status quo because it benefits the owners. I can't /1 https://twitter.com/EvanDrellich/status/1322175668248072194
see MLPBA agreeing to delay negotiations & extend the current CBA unless there is some serious incentive to do so & I don't see one at this time from my vantage point. Looking at a timeline, the new CBA really needs to be in place with enough time to affect the 2021-22 2/
offseason free agents to have significant value for the players. For a CBA of this scope and with this much mistrust b/w the parties, I can see it taking at least 12 months. It would make sense to start now with internal teams drafting proposals & meeting face-to-face in 3-4 3/
months, so perhaps in Jan or Feb. Teams don't normally meet continuously in CBA negotiations. They meet for a week, then work separately for a couple weeks, then get back together. I've done continuous negotiations and they are exhausting, but much less time consuming. 4/
MLB has a number of tv extensions coming up in the next couple of years. @BizballMaury is the subject matter expert on those. If MLB can delay negotiations and get into those new payouts from TV, the owners get a windfall. MLBPA knows it. MLBPA needs to address getting players 5/
paid earlier in their service time (whether that's earlier arbitration, significantly higher minimums, earlier free agency, or some other method), fixing service time issues (solving manipulation), and incentivizing competition (disincentiving tanking).
MLB wants to expand 6/
MLB wants to expand 6/
playoffs permanently (And that comes with the distribution of revenue from expanded playoffs).
These issues cannot be ducked. Most of those desires are on the players' side of the ledger, which goes back to my original thought. It will take a lot to get the PA to extend. /end
These issues cannot be ducked. Most of those desires are on the players' side of the ledger, which goes back to my original thought. It will take a lot to get the PA to extend. /end
