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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
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.
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I was responding to the statement he made that 50% was available on day 1, while hypothetically it was, it was not offered. At the end of the day everything that was agreed to in the end was available on day 1, but don't kid yourself that the owners would not have tried for less if the PA countered with 50% initially.
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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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Each round of bargaining is unique, some rounds the stakes are higher than others. There can be a lockout or strike in one round and the next round could be settled in a few meetings, I'm speaking from experience on that. Would you say that goodenow had a bigger "pathological hatred" towards owners since the work stoppage under his tenure was longer than Fehr's?