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Originally Posted by Cinnamon J. Scudworth
I apologize for my careless wording. I didn't mean to say it was "your" blog post. I'd edited that before you finished your response.
Where you're still missing a connection is that the Competition Committee =/= MLB owners. Four out of the 14 members are ownership representatives, two from the AL and two from the NL. By design, the Committee's proposals are non-binding and do not represent the position of ownership (i.e. the MLB). So maybe they did float what you're suggesting and the MLBPA issued its strong opposition and that was that. But it doesn't follow that if the MLBPA had said "great" that it would have actually come about.
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That, I can't say couldn't be right, so I'll admit that could have been what happened. I remember it as being pretty certain had the union signed off on it, but that could potentially have been wishful thinking on my part in 2009.
I'm reasonably sure in my head, though, that the competition committee at least had the respect of the owners, such that if the MLBPA had said "great" I believe it would have happened. I can't prove it though, and can't even say I'm absolutely certain in my own mind of that. So I'll concede it's not certain.