NPB = Nippon Professional Baseball Players Association and the Professional Baseball Players Association will resume concrete discussions on the "active draft" that will allow players who are not blessed with opportunities to participate in professional baseball to transfer to other baseball teams. I did.
The "Active Draft" is a system that allows players who are not blessed with participation opportunities to seek new opportunities for participation, as it is a system that allows players to transfer to other teams by appointing the listed active players. Is urging the introduction.
In January last year, the NPB announced a plan for each team to voluntarily list eight players, and decided to introduce it during the last season with the players' association, but the spread of the new coronavirus infection. Since the opening was postponed at, the introduction was postponed.
On the 4th, administrative negotiations between the NPB and the players'association were held online, and the players' association requested the introduction again during this season, but the NPB side indicated that it would be difficult due to the situation of the new coronavirus. about it.
After that, it was decided to establish a subcommittee to resume concrete discussions on the system.
Mr. Tadahito Mori, the secretary general of the players'association, said, "I definitely want to implement it during this season, so I would like to negotiate with a strong consciousness. The starting point of the current system is a little different from what the players' association wants, If you ask for perfection from the beginning, the story will not go on easily. After starting for the time being, if there are any deficiencies, we will review them. "