<a href="http://espn.go.com/mlb/news/2002/0722/1408546.html">ESPN Report: MLB Player's Union targets Sept. 16 as strike date</a> hmmmm, one day after payday. Article says they only miss one paycheck, then, but the owners lose 2 weeks. Huh, that implies they get paid in advance, and not in arrears. Who here gets paid salary in advance of your two-week work period? Rather silly negotiating mistake by the owners, I guess, if that is true.
If I get paid on the 15th, it's for the first two weeks of that month. If they miss the last two weeks after getting paid on the 15th, they only lose one paycheck, the one for the last two weeks of the month of September, assuming they're on the same pay schedule as most people who get paid bi-monthly.
It's all silly. They wanted to make sure they were paid before going on strike. It's funny that these guys think they are getting underpaid, while A Rod will have more money than a good 95% of people who come and go in this world will ever have. They have no clue how friggin lucky they are.
I don't think they think they're underpaid at this point, they just don't want the system to change. Can't really blame them. Not saying I agree with them, just can't blame them.
Yeah, I guess you are right RM. I still think the game shouldn't have a strike every 7 years. Anyway, this is getting too old...
The date set is actually pretty smart timing. Since football season will be getting into full swing, people will be less likely to need to get their sports jones off of baseball, therefore, I suspect they (player's union) think they will do minimal damage to their reputation. So I say go ahead and strike...give me my Friday night, all day Saturday, all day Sunday and Monday night football. I don't think I'll ever remember what baseball was fighting over anyway (at least until next June when the NBA season is over).
RM95, yeah, that's probably right. It just confused me. I was wondering why they said "but the owners would lose 2 weeks." I read it as saying the owners would lose 2 weeks of service already paid for, given that the other way around doesn't make sense, since standard labor rules force payment in arrears for any days worked, strike or not (just as the Union spokesman said in the article). That is to say, if they strike on the 12th or 20th, they still get a partial check. It just didn't make sense that they were making a point of the 16th based on paychecks. Seems more reasonable to me that it still leaves a little time to work things out immediately, with an impending threat of no playoffs.
5 days after 9/11/2002... and to think people put baseball on a pedestal last year as helping people return to some sort of normalcy in their life... if the series gets cancelled again, i'm officially out. no more <b>major league </b> baseball for me, as painful as it is to say.... anyone with me? (dang and i just attended my first Astros game at Minute Maid last weekend and bought an Astros hat! ) horns baseball in 2K3!
ehh... you're probably right Smokey! i'm a sports nut, its my nature... hi my name is drapg and i'm a sportsaholic... everyone in unison: "HI DRAPG!"
If they strike, I will never spend another dime in a major league ballpark. I will get my fix through the minor leagues and college baseball.
if you support minor league teams, you are essentially supporting the majors... since minor league teams are actual subsidiaries for major league teams... stick to college baseball, thats my plan.
I've already started losing interest in baseball, esp with so many players refusing to allow testing for steroids. I think it will be a long time till baseball could get back to normal if they strike again. It would involve lower ticket prices and ultimately lower salaries for the average players. I'm glad a couple of the all-time greats and classy players retired last year prior to this embarassing season. Referring to Tony Gwynn and Ripken.
Unless you're in one of those cities with an independent league team like Fort Worth or Amarillo or San Angelo or St. Paul, MN or wherever. Plus, the affiliated minor league teams are often owned by people other than the major league clubs. The players are just employees of the major league team. So at least it's a little different (unless you're planning on going to see the Frisco RoughRiders next summer).
