The teams will open themselves up to legal action that way.

The teams will open themselves up to legal action that way.
by SUJB9 (2020-05-17 18:40:20)

In reply to: Yeah, and the one thing that you keep conveniently ignoring posted by jt

Professional athletes are employees of the states where the team is located. If they start having their players play games when the states are not open, they are going to be opening themselves up for employment lawsuits and likely contractual lawsuits if anything goes wrong. They might be able to get themselves some protections through negotiating with the players' associations, but that is unlikely to do much on an individual player basis.

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wait, did you write, "employees of the states?" - jt 2020-05-18 18:35:06
- Exactly - Hunt 2020-05-19 13:14:45
  - from what I understand, the financial issues are the biggest - jt 2020-05-19 14:49:06
    - Especially MLB - Hunt 2020-05-20 08:26:35
      - NBA & NHL are different than NFL & MLB - SixShutouts66 2020-05-20 10:22:03
        NFL will be fine. They have 4.5 billion in TV contracts - 84david 2020-05-29 08:47:44
      - MLB owners proposed a 50-50 split for 2020 - HScorpio 2020-05-20 09:03:21
        they actually haven't proposed it yet - jt 2020-05-20 10:06:01
        Ah, got it. Thanks. * - HScorpio 2020-05-20 10:08:38
        True. I propose a 99%-1% split. - Hunt 2020-05-20 09:15:24
        you're a bit off base - jt 2020-05-20 10:09:36
        Well, many players are debating in the media too. * - 84david 2020-05-22 11:13:03
        mlbpa leadership is very lacking - jt 2020-05-22 16:47:54
        Agreed...but - Hunt 2020-05-20 10:26:11
        At this point in time, it is pretty much a non-starter - jt 2020-05-20 20:20:06
except it appears that the states will indeed be open now - jt 2020-05-18 18:32:38