http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4278728 Don Fehr is stepping down as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, a position he's held since the mid-1980s, a source tells ESPN. Fehr will be replaced by general counsel Michael Weiner, pending board approval, the source said. An announcement is expected to be made later on Monday afternoon. Fehr, who will turn 61 in July, was voted in to lead the players' union in December 1985. ~~~~ Glad to see this guy go. The players union will definitely miss him.
If I were a moderator I would create a "Who gives a sh**" forum and move threads like this one into it.
baseball's popularity and revenues are sky high right now. far more so than they were in the 80's when Fehr became involved. fans are turning out in record numbers (diminished this year by recession). baseball's revenues nearly match the NFL's now.
But the one of the biggest black eye in Baseball history was because of Fehr. Baseball's popularity and revenues have more to do with the advent of the wildcard and the interleague than they do with Fehr. Baseball used to be the number one sport in America, but has been surpassed by the NFL, under Fehr.
I have a hard time arguing that baseball is hurting...and then attribute that to Donald Fehr. They have a black eye that fans don't seem to care about...but the media loves talking about.
here's the post I responded to: "He was great for the players and their Union, but bad for baseball and the fans." I think the fans are quite satisfied with the state of baseball right now.
Really? With the no salary cap issue, where only the big pocket owners can keep buying the best players. You think the baseball fans are satisfied with all the steroid problems in baseball?
Increasing attendance, increasing revenue, and better competition than the other major sports would seem to indicate that baseball is in a pretty good place. And to be honest, while I think fans may be disappointed by the steroid issue, there is absolutely zero evidence to suggest it has impacted the game of baseball to any significant degree, DESPITE what the media keeps saying. People didn't stop going to the games, they didn't stop watching them on television, they didn't stop buying merchandise, etc., etc., etc.
