Turner Says an Arbitrator Needed to Prevent Long Baseball Strike
The major leagues might soon have something in common with the Goodwill Games: No baseball.
Ted Turner, founder of the Goodwill Games and owner of the Atlanta Braves, said Monday that he does not expect to see his team play many games after he returns next week. The players have set a strike date of Aug. 12 for negotiating an agreement with the owners.
“If there is a strike, and the indication from everything I read is that there will be one, it’s going to be a long one,” Turner said. “We’re going to lose the World Series this year. The players are as tough as a keg of nails.”
He said he believes the owners and players should take their disagreement to an arbitrator to save the remainder of the season.
“If a strike goes on through the winter and into next spring, (President) Clinton is going to step in and take it to a government arbitrator,” he said. “So why not go to arbitration now?”
Turner does not expect fan sympathy for either side. “It’s the rich owners versus the rich players,” he said.
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