Of course the league was starting at 46, Iggy_oi. If your goal is 50, you don't start at 50, because the other side will work to negotiate up from your starting point.
As far as Don Fehr goes, I stand by my statement. And I also indicated both why, and why I said it wasn't entirely unreasonable. Fehr cut his teeth with the MLBPA at the peak of the fight for free agency and became that union's head when the owners were engaging in a massive collusion scheme. But his entire career has been spent as a warmonger. The only times his unions have ever enjoyed peace was when the players themselves demanded it.
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