The MLB has been in its first league imposed lockout in 26 years this December. The collective bargaining agreement expired on December 1st at 11:59 PM and the league imposed a lockout on December 2nd at 12:01. A lockout that is currently ongoing and is looking unlikely to end before the new year.
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The MLB Lockout and how it came to be
The two sides, namely the owners and the players met briefly on December 16th, 2021 but it was reported that discussions were based mainly around non-economic issues including clauses in the agreement like scheduling, grievance procedures, special events, and/or the drug and domestic violence policies.
The reason that both the sides don’t seem to be too restless to be making their way back to the diamond could be that spring training doesn’t usually begin until mid-February and regular season games don’t start until March 31 .
While the League is usually inactive in December with Football dominating the sporting landscape, this year has been an outlier. Between Thanksgiving and Dec. 1, teams committed nearly $1.5 billion in free agency.
League Commissioner, Rob Manfred, has insisted that the lockout isn’t a punitive measure but rather just there to inject some urgency into the talks and negotiations.
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The Nature of Negotiations
