If MLB strikes will that be the end for baseball

[capstone21]

I still don't think they have recovered from the last strike. I think this one will really do the sport in.

Without a salary cap teams like the Yanks can buy the world series year after year becuase they have the capital to do it while small market teams can't compete.

I have found myself losing interest in baseball the last few years. If they strike I am done with the sport.

[cyman3]

involved in this strike (which could happen any time this season)?

what are the main points?

[ersimo2889]

There's stuff like the rookie drafts (international draft or U.S. draft), revenue sharing, payroll tax, and more stuff about money.

[Gray Mule]

Side one --- The owners. They can't control themselves

individually, so they are trying to do it collectively.

They have a large fortune invested in major league

baseball and want to protect themselves. They want to

stop the extravagant spending, but they can't stop

themselves because they want everything for their

team and will go to any lengths their money will allow

to get the players they want.

Side two -- The players. They are the very best baseball

players in the world. They demand and get huge contracts

to do what they do so well, bleeding the rich owners for

all they can get. The very poorest of them make a whole

lot more than almost all of us. They want the owners to

split the money that the owners have coming in and give

them even more.

Side three -- The fans. Without #3, there is no need

for either #1 or #2. They are the ones who are supplying

all the money to support all of #1 & #2. Radio revenue,

television revenue, merchandise revenue, food and

drink consessions and all the tickets sold are all

supported by the monies of #3, the fans.

As side #1 & #2 argue over what to do, they ignore the wishes of #3, who, for the most part, just want to

watch baseball and are, in reality, the foundation of the

whole thing. If you loose the foundation, the building

will fall, collapse completely.

Both #1 and #2 are saying, "If I can't get my way, I am

going to take my ball and go home!" They are about to

kill the goose that lays the golden eggs because they

want the meat from the bird. If they do that, the golden

eggs will stop.

Gray Mule

[cyman3]

issues concerning STERIOD TESTING and SALARY CAP... do both (or one) of these issues have sometime to do with the possible strike?

[Gray Mule]

Why couldn't they get this done by now?? Why must

the fans do without baseball while they fight over

millions and millions of dollars which must ultimately

come, not from the pockets of the owners, but from

the fans?

How long will baseball survive if they drag this out,

end the season here before the settlement? The rich

owners can sit in their empty, quiet stadiums that were

many times built by the taxpayers and watch "Their"

players. Hope they all enjoy themselves if this happens.

Maybe they will settle this thing, but it doesn't look good.

Gray Mule