I think my problem with soccer has always been the lack of scoring. If there was an 'arena football' type version of soccer I might be more interested.
No doubt.
I guess the only question is, who would look sillier:
a) Major league slugger trying to play major league soccer; or
Major league soccer player trying to hit major league pitching.
Absolutely, but it's also true that without good players there's not much sense owning a baseball team.
And it's the owners who have wanted some players enough to hand them $300 million plus guaranteed contracts...
Yes, the union would love it if Tony Clark told them that.
Many have criticized the players for caving in and taking a bad deal in the last CBA.
(Just a man looking for an argument here.)
Now I think you're getting carried away a bit. How are the owners 'demonizing' the players? Looks to me like they're just playing a little hardball on the salaries.
I wouldn't call what happened to Cora a slap on the wrist. He was banned for a year, fired and humiliated. The washout of the season is just a fluke that has affected a lot of things.