However, the Panel was not unmindful of feasibility considerations arising from the fact that some changes recommended are collective bargaining issues. Just as our report challenges on owners to think anew, so, too, does it challenge the Players Association to avoid sterile strategies and stereotypes. Certainly the Panel believes its recommendations would result in redistribution of revenues. However, the Panel is agnostic regarding the effect on total spending on players. It seems plausible that under the Panel's recommendations, most players would be in a better financial as well as competitive position.
Fans are tired of competitive imbalance.
The owners say they are. The players will, I hope, see how their material interests can be served by the Panel's recommendations. And the owners will, I hope, understand that their response to the Panel's recommendations will determine, for a long time, the credibility of their chronic complaints about baseball's condition. Baseball is not Bangladesh. It is not poverty-stricken.