Owners Vote To Proceed With 2020 Season
4 years agoMLB owners unanimously voted on Monday night to proceed with the 2020 season under the terms of their March 26 agreement with the Players Association after the union's executive board voted down the league's latest offer of a 60-game season with expanded playoffs. Commissioner Rob Manfred has the power to implement a schedule of his choosing, likely between 50 and 60 games. The league wants the players to provide two pieces of information by 5 p.m. ET Tuesday: the first being whether the players will be able to report to training in their respective cities by July 1. The second is whether the union will agree on the operating manual of health and safety protocols amid the coronavirus pandemic. By rejecting MLB's proposal, the players retain their right to grieve the terms of the late-March agreement between the two sides. It's been an unequivocal mess, but at least we have a start date in sight. But there are still plenty of challenges to pulling off a 2020 baseball season, including health and safety protocols for players and staff amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Source: ESPN.com
Source: ESPN.com