Game over!
Game over!"I don't like it. People won't be able to come to these games anymore, and I don't like that". A sad nine -
year - old fan voices his concerns on the 1994 major League Baseball strike. The `94 baseball season has
come to an abrupt end. Players have ceased play because they feel they are being treated unfairly with the
owner's plan to impose a salary cap. Owners are finding it difficult to come to terms with their own
disagreements. Small market teams are rising to power with their demands while large market team owners
are finding it hard to deal with the teams and their issues, while still trying to please the players. In essence,
it is a three - way battle between the two sides of large and small market owners and the players. Neither
side is showing any sort of sympathy for the other side. They are sticking with their proposals without any
thoughts of changing them. Confusion is setting in on both sides. They are finding it hard to lean toward a
goal when they do not know what they want. The baseball strike involves greed, uncertainty, and lack of
desire to resolve the issue on both sides. While confusion mounts among owners and persistence rides high
among players, things are only going to get worse until they come to some sort of an agreement.
The baseball strike of `94 officially hit the hearts of America on August 12, three quarters into one of the
most intriguing seasons in a long time. A season on the verge of breaking many long standing records. As
the strike began, the people of the world looked with sadness, as well as disgust towards players and
owners. Officially, the strike is the players verses the owners, but at a closer look, it is much more
complicated. Within the owners meetings, there is feuding as well. Small market clubs such as Montreal,
Milwaukee, Cincinnati, and Kansas City, are addressing their needs which conflict the needs of the large
market owners. The main concern the owners have is that players salaries are eating up an increased
percentage of the owners revenues. Small market owners are now insisting that all twenty-eight ball clubs
share their income equally, not only to maintain parity in the league, but also so the smaller clubs can
survive.
Money began disappearing from baseball in 1989 when owners, found guilty of collusion, boycotted free
agent markets, and were ordered to pay players 10.5 million dollars. Then, in 1990, a huge television deal
was set that was going to accumulate more than one - billion dollars throughout major league baseball. The
TV package failed, and the owners lost all the money they were counting on. Finally, in 1992, Fay Vincent,
the commissioner of baseball at the time, tried to intervene and...
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