80 game season with expanded playoffs, starting in July

[Andy]

Rizzo just RT'd this.

[Regular Show]

Rizzo just RT'd this.

[Bertz]

I still lean towards this all mostly being posturing. I'd guess the owners want that extra playoff TV money more than anything else, and the players are clearly fine with 70-something games at pro rated salaries.

[Brian]

Seems relevant.

[Cubswin11]

~1/3 just not wanting to play, under any circumstances, is absolutely insane. Don’t own a horsefeathering team then.

[Brian]

This whole thing is showing how little the MLB/owners think of the players union. This close to a labor dispute and they just continue to spit in the player's faces.

[Derwood]

Leaking health info to the press is a serious HIPAA violation

[jersey cubs fan]

Were there any names?
Leaking the fact that unnamed players and staff have tested positive is a shady negotiating ploy, but doesn't seem to be a HIPAA violation.

[Andy]

Leaking health info to the press is a serious HIPAA violation

This came up with the Zeke Elliott thing the other day, but apparently it's only a HIPAA violation if they're getting the info directly from physicians. If, say, an agent tells someone their client has COVID, it's not a HIPAA violation, although certainly still ethically dubious.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Leaking health info to the press is a serious HIPAA violation

This came up with the Zeke Elliott thing the other day, but apparently it's only a HIPAA violation if they're getting the info directly from physicians. If, say, an agent tells someone their client has COVID, it's not a HIPAA violation, although certainly still ethically dubious.

It's still a HIPAA violation if it's not released by the patient. HIPAA doesn't apply only to physicians.

[Andy]

Leaking health info to the press is a serious HIPAA violation

This came up with the Zeke Elliott thing the other day, but apparently it's only a HIPAA violation if they're getting the info directly from physicians. If, say, an agent tells someone their client has COVID, it's not a HIPAA violation, although certainly still ethically dubious.

It's still a HIPAA violation if it's not released by the patient. HIPAA doesn't apply only to physicians.

Standard 'sportswriter not lawyer' caveats apply, but this is what I read.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I am no physician (and we have none in our company), but we are required to take hours of HIPAA training every year because we do have access to limited PHI. HIPAA applies to any business associate.

[CyHawk_Cub]

[minnesotacubsfan]

This whole thing is showing how little the MLB/owners think of the players union. This close to a labor dispute and they just continue to spit in the player's faces.

Tell me again how the players union is so damn strong? (Not you, specially, but to the forum in general)

[Andy]

You have to look at the comparisons. NFL's union, for instance, has been arguing against more than 16 games for years, and then the owners offered to spend, like, a fraction of a half a percent more on player salaries in exchange for a 17th game (which will inevitably become demands for an 18th game in a few years), and the union folded like a cheap suit. The MLBPA screwed up the last CBA, but at least they're not folding.

[CubinNY]

This came up with the Zeke Elliott thing the other day, but apparently it's only a HIPAA violation if they're getting the info directly from physicians. If, say, an agent tells someone their client has COVID, it's not a HIPAA violation, although certainly still ethically dubious.

It's still a HIPAA violation if it's not released by the patient. HIPAA doesn't apply only to physicians.

Standard 'sportswriter not lawyer' caveats apply, but this is what I read.

That's positively wrong.

[CubinNY]

Also, apparently there are 6-14 owners who don't want to have a season at all. I wonder if PTR is among them.

[minnesotacubsfan]

You have to look at the comparisons. NFL's union, for instance, has been arguing against more than 16 games for years, and then the owners offered to spend, like, a fraction of a half a percent more on player salaries in exchange for a 17th game (which will inevitably become demands for an 18th game in a few years), and the union folded like a cheap suit. The MLBPA screwed up the last CBA, but at least they're not folding.

"strong in comparison" still isn't that strong. They may not fold but the owners will always play a media war accusing the players of being spoiled little rich kids playing a game everyone wants to play. Meanwhile, the union repeatedly fails to convey the same "rich person" war against the owners. As someone who, for the most -part, supports unions its frustrating.

[Brian707]

Also, apparently there are 6-14 owners who don't want to have a season at all. I wonder if PTR is among them.

Probably the small market teams

[Bertz]

Also, apparently there are 6-14 owners who don't want to have a season at all. I wonder if PTR is among them.

Probably the small market teams

Yeah, it's probably the small market owners, with maybe a few of the especially crotchety ones (e.g. Lerner or Reinsdorf) who are offended that the players grew a backbone.

We call him PTR for a reason. As horsefeathers as he and his family are the Cubs will still make money this season and so that's gonna override anything else.

[Cubswin11]

Also, apparently there are 6-14 owners who don't want to have a season at all. I wonder if PTR is among them.

Probably the small market teams

Yeah, it's probably the small market owners, with maybe a few of the especially crotchety ones (e.g. Lerner or Reinsdorf) who are offended that the players grew a backbone.

We call him PTR for a reason. As horsefeathers as he and his family are the Cubs will still make money this season and so that's gonna override anything else.

Idk if we can be sure the Cubs will make money this year, not that I care, a season like this is a risk you take as an owner to lose money in a business that is essentially a money printer in all other years. I could see the Angels/More o being a team that doesn’t want to play, they were very cheap with pay reductions/layoffs and were rumored to be the team looking to punt the draft.

[Bertz]

It's happening

[Bertz]

It's happening

Or maybe more getting closer than actually done

[Andy]

As long as prorated pay (players) and expanded playoffs (owners) are included, I would assume each side will make sure the deal will get done.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

And I still wouldn't be able to watch games so I don't even care anymore.