The president of the MLB Players Association (MLBPA), Tony Clark, said Tuesday that Major League Baseball has been manipulated by the owners of Major League teams. Baseball (MLB).
“The game has been damaged for a while. The game has been manipulated“Clark said in a meeting with the press on Tuesday, after the negotiation process that they carried out uninterruptedly for nine days in Jupiter, Florida (USA), and which ended without a agreement that will stop the work stoppage that the league has been experiencing since last December 2.
The leader of the guild members criticized the way in which the players they have been traded in today’s major league market, under the control of what he called a “hard to explain” grand scheme.
MLB players and owners did not reach an agreement despite the evident effort they made in the last two days, including an exchange of more than 17 hours, which began Monday morning and ended Tuesday morning.
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred announced the cancellation of the start of the Major League Baseball regular season, scheduled for March 31 and now the negotiation process that seeks to put an end to the strike that affects the league moves to New York.
For the moment the players will continue without receiving their salaries while the strike lasts and it also adds up, the discount they will receive for each regular season game that is cancelled.