Major League Baseball Organization Aborts discussions without agreement or starts on June 23, 12:15
Regarding the major league's season, whose opening has been postponed due to the influence of the new coronavirus, the major league organization and the team owner side refused the plan that the 60 games will be held on the 22nd, the athletes' association refused, We decided to hold the season without discussing the number of games. The American media have reported that they are aiming for the opening around 24th to 26th of next month.
The Major League Baseball team and the team owners were in conflict with each other during the discussions with the players' associations regarding the holding of this season, mainly due to the reduction of the annual salary of the players, and presented the fourth season plan on the 17th of this month.
In this plan, it will start on the 19th of next month, the regular season will be reduced from 162 games to 60 games, the salary will be paid on a daily salary basis and paid for 60 games, etc. On the 22nd, he replied that he would reject this proposal because he was looking for a large number of games and rewards.
In response to this, at the owner's meeting held by the major league organization, the owners of each team unanimously decided on a policy to hold the season without discussing the number of games, etc. Now we are ready to work.
By the 24th of Japan time, PMDA will confirm whether or not the athletes will be able to gather at the camp that will be restarted by the first day of the next month, and whether they will agree on an operation manual that includes infection control measures. I'm asking you to answer and will decide the number of games after receiving the answer.
The US media reports that if the camp is restarted in the first week of July, it will start after about three weeks of camp and will start around 24th to 26th of next month.