MLB votes to eliminate home-plate collisions

[Manny A]

Originally Posted by Rich Ives

The actual rules haven't been formalized so there is nothing yet for the players to approve/disapprove.

From the article:

“However, what has been contemplated exceeds what was agreed to,” Clark told FOX Sports. “Because of that, we’re in the process of working through some of the issues as we see them.”

Sounds like there is disagreement in the "contemplated" proposals themselves. The players can speak of the merits of those proposals without having actual rules in place.

Besides, if it was really so black and white as you suggest, why run the story to begin with? And why would the MLBPA executive director feel a need to say anything? A simple, "Until we see the actual rules in writing, we will not make any comments," would have been more appropriate if that was the case.

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by Manny A

From the article:



Sounds like there is disagreement in the "contemplated" proposals themselves. The players can speak of the merits of those proposals without having actual rules in place.

Besides, if it was really so black and white as you suggest, why run the story to begin with? And why would the MLBPA executive director feel a need to say anything? A simple, "Until we see the actual rules in writing, we will not make any comments," would have been more appropriate if that was the case.

They said two things - one was that they discussed the issues (not the proposed rules) and couldn't agree on anything. Second was that any replay change would be beyond what they had agreed to in the CBA. I see nothing in the story that suggests to me that they saw any proposed rules.