Thursday, February 26, 1976
Major league contract talks stall; renewal clause center of dispute
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Little progress was expected yesterday and none were forthcoming as contract negotiations football owners and players broke off again.
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The owners have already postponed the opening of spring training, because of a dispute about whether players should have individual contracts or basic labor agreements between owners and the players' association.
Players say the individual contract is being negotiated now while the owners say they want it to be finalized.
Marvin Miller, executive director of the players' association, said there was no threat to him.
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"It was a rash of their position," he said. "That's my definition of no progress."
Chub Feeny, president of the National League and a spokesman for the owners' player relations committee, said, "There are many proposals to clarify proposals already on the table."
Yesterday's meeting began at 9:30 a.m. but she was recessed five minutes later at 10:00 a.m. Joe Torre of the New York Meta to appear. When Torre failed to show by 10 a.m., the meeting resumed, then broke up at noon. Miller and 15 players met on their own.
The central point in the dual contracts dispute is the renewal clause in both the
Arbitrator Peter Seitz ruled last December—and a federal judge upheld the ruling this month—that the clause meant a player could play for one year without signing and then become free to bargain with any club he wishes.
individual contracts and the basic agreement. Under the clause, if a player refuses to sign a contract, his team can renew his contract for one year.
The owners, who have appealed the ruling, insist they can continually renew the player's contract a year at a time if he refuses to sign.
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Both sides say they are willing to compromise, but that fact has been stymied by the owners' demand that any basic agreement and any compromise on the renewal clause be retroactive last Dec. 31, the day the previous agreement expired.
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That was the interpretation of the reserve rules by arbitrator Peter Seitz last December. The ruling was upheld in federal court and appealed by the owners to district
Complicated legal question stalls baseball negotiations
The owners and players are trying to reach agreement on a new labor contract. Already in force, however, are individual contracts between the owners and players for 1976. They are signed and some aren't. But all of them give the players the right to be a free agent one year after the individual contracts expire.
By FRED ROTHENBERG Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK—Spring training or no spring training? Regular season or no regular season? Baseball or no baseball?
The players say that idea is nonsense and have suggested modifications of the Seitz ruling, suggestions the owners have rejected.
The state of affairs in the sports world is clearly reflected in this labor dispute, since what happens on the field is no longer as important as what happens in negotiating sessions, arbitration offices and courtrooms.
It all boils down to what side of the baseline you're on and how you interpret a complicated legal question that has stalemated the negotiations between the baseball owners and the major league players association.
court, which has taken the matter under advisement.
The players say the individual contracts are binding, regardless of what the owners and players decide on the new labor contract, and those rights can't be retraced. The employers say the new labor contract takes precedence over any prior individual contracts.
Already spring training has been delayed by the owners, a move they acknowledge could put the regular season in jeopardy. But they also say that permitting the present Seltz rule to stand would destroy baseball.
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