what is one major reason that a baseball strike did not happen in 2002?

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what is one major reason that a baseball strike did not happen in 2002?

2007-06-11 12:29:35 · 3 answers · asked by christian g 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball

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One major reason is that the owners backed off on their contraction threats, agreeing that no teams could be contracted for five years. The players' union was vehemently opposed, of course, because it essentially would have meant a loss of jobs.

For some other reasons, this article provides a decent synopsis:

http://espn.go.com/mlb/news/2002/0830/1425315.html

2007-06-11 12:34:51 · answer #1 · answered by Craig S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋

I think it was because both sides couldn't afford to repeat 1994!

2007-06-11 12:35:23 · answer #2 · answered by DanKoko 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋

Didn't want to make same mistakes again........

2007-06-11 12:40:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋