Sports Writing, March 1 (EFE) .- The president of the MLB Players Association (MLBPA, for its acronym in English), Tony Clark, said Tuesday that Major League Baseball has been manipulated by the owners of Major League Baseball (MLB) teams.
“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 conclusion of the negotiation process that they carried out uninterruptedly for nine days in Jupiter, Florida ( USA), and that ended without an agreement that would stop the work stoppage that the league has been experiencing since last December 2.
The leader of the unionists criticized the way in which players have been marketed in the current Major League market, under the control of what he described as a “difficult to explain” grand scheme.
Players and owners of the MLB could not reach an agreement despite the evident effort they have made in the last two days, including an exchange of more than 17 hours, which began on Monday morning and concluded at dawn on Tuesday.
The MLB commissioner, Rob Manfred, announced the cancellation of the start of the Major League 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.
At the moment the players will continue without receiving their salaries while the strike lasts and the discount they will receive for each regular season game that is canceled is also added.
