Following the 2006 season, Major League Baseball owners and players will meet to frame a new Basic
Agreement. I'd like to receive your input concerning aspects of the modern game that should be altered
for the benefit of baseball fans as part of that agreement. Please use the Contact Us page to comment on
any of the listed topics.
Expansion or contraction
The 2002 agreement gives ownership the uncontested right to contract two teams following the
conclusion of the 2006 season if it chooses to do so. What are your thoughts on this issue?
Steroid Use/Drug Policy
Players and owners amended the 2002 agreement to toughen restrictions on the use of steroids. In the
context of the 2007 agreement, what are your views regarding the use of performance enhancing drugs?
Specifically, do you see this as a privacy issue, an issue of cheating (and if so, who is cheated?), an issue
related to the players' responsibilities to be role-models, or a players' health issue?,
Oversight structure
At present, the commissioner is hired by ownership, and his authority over players is limited by the terms of
the Basic Agreement. The head of the Players Association serves in a similar capacity with respect to the
players. Would would you think of a situation where a commissioner was hired jointly by owners, players
and an outside third party, given a fixed term, was barred from reappointment, and was given virtually
unlimited powers to act in the game's best interests?
Feed back on these and other areas of the Basic Agreement.
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