Labor Relations Experts Following MLB Negotiations From Afar
Mar 7, 2022, 9:57 AM | Updated: 10:25 am
Commissioner of Baseball Robert D. Manfred Jr. speaks at a press conference on youth initiatives hosted by Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association at Citi Field on June 16, 2016 in the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
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CHICAGO (AP) — Allen Sanderson worked for a minor league team when he was growing up in Idaho, providing a ride home for Dick Allen long before he became a feared slugger with the Phillies.
That’s part of how Sanderson sees baseball’s labor strife, as a longtime baseball fan.
MLB’s Glen Caplin: “We were hoping to see some movement in our direction to give us additional flexibility & get a deal done quickly. The Players Association chose to come back to us w/a proposal that was worse than Monday night & was not designed to move the process forward”
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But he also follows along from a different perspective, one of a sports economist at the University of Chicago.
He says there is no right answer when it comes to the division of profits between owners and players.
Some experts are watching the talks more from an academic viewpoint while the sides try to chart a path forward, hoping to get baseball back on the field.
