Originally posted by Oregon49erfan:
Originally posted by Niners99:
whos actually on the owners side? theyre pushing for 18 games and more money even though THEYRE the multi millionares that own teams worth 500 mil to 1 bil+ in worth...
i think the players would be happy with remaining at 16 games at this point and same pay as it is right now.
the owners think theyre invincible because the league is so popular. hopefully they dont choose to learn the lesson Major League Baseball did in 1994 about how spiteful American sports fans can be when you take away their favorite sport over money.
Exactly! They WILL lose fans over this if it continues. I used to be a huge MLB fan, until that strike. Since then I have seen 5-10 games. I lost interest.
Neither the owners or players are right on this one. They are both greedy. It's the fans who are being shafted with ever increasing ticket prices, parking fees, $9 bottles of water, etc. I for one have had it!
Me too. I used to love to play and watch baseball. During the lockout i was rather young and didn't really understand what happened. All i knew is that both sides wanted more money, which is true.
After that my interest in baseball collapsed. It was reguvinated by the Sammy Sosa and Mcguire HR chase. Then it was crushed again by the steroid scandal. As it turns out, all my favorite players growing up did steroids. Even some pitches i liked.
After that I said "f**k baseball." Its a s**tty league where Yankees or some big market teams always end up winning and shafting poor teams like my favorite team (The A's)
f**k the unlimited cap and f**k baseball.
