FOE OF SPENDING SPLURGES ON BELLE.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. After opposing a labor agreement he said wouldn't hold down salaries enough, Jerry Reinsdorf  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. agreed to a deal that apparently will make Albert Belle ``It is perfectly fiscally responsible for us to give him this money because we can afford to give him this money,'' Reinsdorf said Tuesday after agreeing to a contract said to be worth $52.5 million for five years. ``We have to compete under the system that exists. We have an obligation to our fans to try to win. We're trying to win. It doesn't mean I have to like the system.'' Union head Donald Fehr Donald Fehr (born July 18, 1946) graduate of Indiana University, and alum of Sigma Alpha Mu Sigma Zeta chapter is the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association. He has held the position since 1986. assumed the proposed new labor deal ``is dead, dead as a doornail door·nail n. A large-headed nail. Idiom: dead as a doornail Undoubtedly dead. Noun 1. .'' However, acting commissioner Bud Selig Allan Huber "Bud" Selig, Jr. (born July 30, 1934 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is the Commissioner of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was previously the team owner and administrator of the Milwaukee Brewers. was considering holding another meeting next Tuesday in Chicago, one owner said on the condition he not be identified. When they voted Nov. 6, owners rejected the deal 18-12 - leaving the agreement 11 votes short of the three-quarters majority needed for ratification. Reinsdorf was among the owners who successfully opposed the proposed labor deal, which would have imposed a luxury tax next season on payrolls above $51 million, including benefits. In this method of counting, the White Sox had a $48 million payroll this year, and Belle would have put them over the threshold. ``It would be healthy if every team could do this,'' Reinsdorf said. Reinsdorf said White Sox attendance hasn't recovered from the 1994 strike. Chicago averaged 21,220 this season, 19th among the 28 teams. Fehr says Reinsdorf and other hard-liners caused the walkout with their attempt to impose a salary cap and their failure to make a $7.5 million benefits payment following the 1994 All-Star game An all-star game is an exhibition game played by the best players in their sports league. The players are often chosen by a popular vote of fans of the sport and the game often occurs at the halfway point of the regular season, although this is not the case for some all-star games . Indians general manager John Hart also criticized Reinsdorf. ``For Jerry Reinsdorf, who's been a proponent of all the things he's been a proponent of, to walk up to the podium and bust the market, I think that says something there,'' Hart said. ``But they have Albert Belle and I'm sure he feels good about it. What this means to the industry, that's for Jerry to live with.'' |
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