MLB owners should accept all business risks rather than forcing players to renegotiate contracts
If you buy a Major League Baseball team... owning it is a can't-lose proposition. But that's not how business works. If you're the owner of a team, part of that is accepting all the risk that comes along with owning that business. If something bad happens, the risk falls on your shoulders as the owner, it does not fall on the shoulders of the people with whom you've entered a collective bargaining agreement.
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