Opening Day Is Officially Canceled As Owners' "Final Offer" Turned Down

March 01, 2022 , , , , , ,


Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred has officially canceled the first two series of the MLB season. That would comprise about 5 games per team, depending on schedule.

What's more, Manfred has made it clear that the cancelled games will not be made up, and the players will not be paid for those games.  

The union turned down what the owners called their "best and final offer", leading to the 5:00pm ET deadline to expire, and the first games of the season, which were to start on March 31st, to be wiped out.

MLB Insider Jeff Passan passed along the following ironic statement from Manfred, the man who had said earlier this offseason that any cancellation of games would be  "disastrous" for the sport. 

“The concerns of our fans are at the very top of our consideration list," said baseball's commissioner. "The most unfortunate thing is the agreement we've offered to our players, offered huge benefits for our fans and for our players," he continued.

The owners and the players union still appear to be quite far apart on the major economic issues holding up the collective bargaining agreement.

And the lasting vision of these Florida meetings of the past few days could very well be Manfred practicing his golf swing... He really could use a mulligan right about now.

Photo Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports


  



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