MLB Finally Reaches An Agreement, But Players Make A Firm Stance


    The MLB and MLPA have been in discussions for the past month about starting a season without fans due to COVID-19 and they have had a ton of trouble coming to an agreement until about two days ago when they reached a 60 game agreement to play this July. The issue has been related to owners and to the pay the players would receive in these agreements as they would obviously have to take a pay cut. But everyone has had their opinion including tons of players on how the owners and the league has treated their product. Star players such as Bryce Harper, Christian Yelich, Andrew McCutchen, etc have been vocal on social media via twitter about the disagreements with the MLB and how the players are not being treated or compensated respectfully. This is a form of freedom of speech and freedom of assembly, with the players coming together with the MLBPA and saying that they will not play without a respectful compensation this is showing the league that they do not just own their own power. This is a huge difference from how it was years ago before a MLBPA or any players association in sports when owners and the league had full control and basically the players just listened and didn't defend theirselves. You know see how freedom of speech and assembly helped players in sports today have a huge voice for not only themselves, but for every single player in the league. This caused change in those leagues forever, and having the freedom to do so and using their rights helped them get to where they are today in a player empowerment world.

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