I have a few thoughts about the ongoing debate about the fight between MLB and the MLBPA that have been bubbling under the surface for me for a while, and that I want to try to put down while they are in the forefront of my mind.
The thing that gnaws at me is when folks defend the stances that the owners make, the cutthroat financial moves, the threats, the hard line stances, by simply saying, well, its a business.
Which first and foremost brings to mind the quote from John Matuszak’s character in North Dallas Forty: “Everytime I say it’s a game, you say it’s a business.