The owners don't win by having a lockout. Shutting down your business is not good for anybody and it's certainly not good for the players, it's certainly not good for the fans. And that's most important to us.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Players are ready to play, We're not on strike. It's a lockout.
It's bad for baseball to have owners who can benefit another business by losing money in baseball.
Fans don't like owners. They know they are somewhere - actually, in Germany, some owners are anonymous. Fans don't sympathize with owners, so ownership stays in the back.
Unfortunately, sometimes the fans forget who puts the money and passion into the club. It's funny, but when you win, it's the coach and the players who are responsible, but when you lose, it's the owner's fault; but that's football.
If there wasn't any business and it was just strictly basketball, then there would be no issue, it would probably be done by now. But the team has to protect.
People complain professional sportsmen are locked away but when they get out and enjoy themselves, people have a go.
I regret the 1998 - 99 lockout. I regret that we didn't work harder to educate our players and our owners about what the damage would be. I never can quite come up with the answer on what else we should have done, but I always blame a part of the problem on us and some part on the players.
We don't want people to leave the stadium until the game finishes.
And historically the owners have used loyalty to a team or a city to hold players as opposed to always paying their worth.
I wish they'd shut the gates, and let us play ball with no press and no fans.