the "ZONE" & calling it by the book.....

[GarthB]

Pete:

You said:

"Rog all of this still has to get past the Players Union. With players earning "Oogles" of Money" and also having a strong union - you can bet that before anything gets passed - The players union will have something to say about it."

I heard an interview with Alderson in which he denied that was the case. His reasoning? This is not a rule change, not even an interpretation change, this was a directive to follow a rule already approved by everybody. Hence, no need to get approval from the owners or the players. He also stated that the meeting with the owners over this issue was just "advisory". Their approval was not requested. He said the players would also have an advisory meeting.

Now, I'm not here to start an argument. Heck, I'm not close to anybody at the ML level, so I'm just guessing. But I'm guessing that Alderson rams it down the players throats.

Garth



[Edited by GarthB on Dec 12th, 2000 at 01:19 AM]