As the 2020 Major League Baseball season remained in limbo due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Players Association and team owners made several attempts to reach agreements on health and safety protocols an economic plan.
While the former was jointly established, the latter never came to fruition. The league insisted that players take further pay cuts due to the likelihood fans would not be permitted to attend any games, which wound up being the case for the regular season and most of the postseason.
The union did not budge and turned down all of MLB’s proposals, prompting commissioner Rob Manfred to unilaterally impose a 60-game season.