“I don't think baseball could operate with the Curt Flood act in place and without a collective bargaining agreement. The draft (of amateur players) is immediately challengeable. While the owners might be able to have revenue sharing, there's no way they could have a luxury tax.”
Doug Pappas
“see what the other major league sports do. ... We hope this agreement by major league baseball will stimulate the other sports to stiffen their penalties.”
Jim Bunning
“The in-principle agreement will see allied health professionals receive one of the best enterprise bargaining agreements in the country,”
David Llewellyn
“An amicable agreement was reached several weeks ago when the suggestion was made that the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum become the custodian of the ball.”
Larry Lucchino
“without an agreement ... because after serious discussions we discovered the other side did not act like real partners for peace.”
Ehud Barak
“We're proud that Major League Baseball already has the toughest testing agreement in professional sports in place, but this goes even farther.”
Laurel Prieb
“The meat of this whole process is not this act; the operational agreement is. That's where we get to the nitty-gritty.”
Tony Sammons
