European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 32 the stars and stripes sports Friday. September 16,1994 base a 11 sees fat i a by into where do we go from Here new York apr questions and answers about the cancellation of the baseball season q Why was the decision made wednesday at acting commissioner Bud. Schlig determined there was no time left to resume the regular season and play a a a meaningful amount of games before the seasons scheduled end oct. 2. Q Why not proceed directly to the postseason a Selig said that would a be a  q what did the players association say a the association said that it was Seligo a Deci son to make. Eugene Orza the unions no. 2 official said he believed the regular season could be resumed if there was an agreement As late As sept. 17, and that the postseason could be played As scheduled if there was an agreement As late As sept. 26. A a a q could the postseason be pushed Back a Selig says it can to because of the Onset of colder weather. He says owners will not consider playing postseason games at Neutral Sites such As warm weather cities and those with domes. Q when will negotiations resume a its unclear. Union head Donald Fehr expects to be travelling next week for regional player meetings and for a sept. 22 congressional hearing. Q will it be harder to reach a Deal now a the players who lost 28.4 percent of their 1994 salaries wont feel further financial Impact until april when paychecks would resume if the season began normally. Q what pressure will each Side feel in the next few months to end the labor dispute a the players especially free agents will be Uncertain about where they will play next season and All but the approximately 180 players who already Are signed for 1995 will wonder about their incomes once play resumes. Owners with no Revenue will have difficulty Selling season tickets. Q what happens to the Oakland athletics Pittsburgh pirates and san Diego padres who All Are up for Sale a it will be very difficult to sell a team until a new collective bargaining agreement is signed. Q what ill happen to team employees a Many of them will be Laid off. Q what options do players have a agent Dick Moss is trying to set up an 8 to 12-team league for next season and some of them May be Able to play there. Likely Sites Are Buffalo . New Orleans and St. Petersburg Fla. In addition a new league would try to get the right to play in municipally owned ballparks where major league teams Are merely tenants. Q what options do owners have a they Are expected to declare an impasse in the negotiations at some Point this autumn and unilaterally implement a salary Cap. They then might try to open Camps next Spring and accept any players who show up. Owners a Revenue sharing on a 50-50 basis with a is billion total guaranteed to the players Over seven years if revenues done to decrease. Salaries and benefits for players currently amount to 58 percent of revenues. A four year phase in period in the seven year agreement clubs  have payrolls More than 110 percent of the major league average or less than 84 percent of the average. A elimination of salary arbitration. A free Agency threshold would drop from six years of major league service to four but clubs would be Able to keep their free agents by Matching the highest offer until the players have six years service. A escalating scale of minimum salaries for players with less than four years major league service although they could sign for More than the minimum. A implementation of the agreement clubs made with each other in january to increase Revenue that is shared among teams. Players first proposal. A eliminate the restriction on repeat free Agency within a five year Span if a players club offers salary arbitration at the end of Nis contract. A reduce the threshold for salary arbitration to two years of major league service which was its level in 1974-86. It currently is three years plus the top 17 percent of the players with Between two and three years of major league service. A increase minimum salary from $109,000 to $175,000-$200,000. A increase pension Levels for players who played before 1970. Second proposal a a a a tax of 1w percent of Revenue on the top 16 clubs by Revenue and a a a tax of Liz percent of payrolls on the top 16 clubs by payroll. The Money would be redistributed to the Bottom 10 clubs in each category. A Home teams share 25 percent of ticket Money with visiting teams. American league Home teams currently share 20 percent and National league Home teams share 43 cents per ticket Over $1, about 4 percent. Three strikes and you re out acting commissioner Bud Seligo a decision to cancel the remainder of the season and Call off the world series for the first time in 90 years will Cost both owners and players. Cincinnati a Marge Schott shown wednesday in Indianapolis was one of two owners notto sign the cancellation Resolution. Owners Tell Why new York a text of the Resolution signed by 26 of the 28 major league baseball clubs wednesday cancelling the rest of the season and the postseason whereas the 28 major league baseball clubs a the clubs and the major league baseball players association a the mob pay have been engaged in collective bargaining Over an extended period and whereas the my spa has consistently been unwilling to respond in any meaningful Way to the clubs need to contain costs and has consistently refused to bargain with a the clubs concerning a division of Industry revenues with the players or any other method of establishing aggregate player compensation and whereas the mob pay a 33-Day strike has caused the cancellation of All games since August 12, 1994, and has made it impossible for the players to resume play at a championship level without a substantial training period. Now therefore be it resolved that in order to protect the integrity of the championship season the division series the league championship series and the world series the 28 clubs have concluded with enormous regret that the remainder of the 1994 season the division series the league championship and the world series must be cancelled and that the clubs will explore All avenues to achieve a meaningful structural Reform of baseball a player compensation system in an Effort to ensure that the 1995 and future championship seasons can occur As scheduled and uninterrupted. J aped de Gasero by the associated press a look at what fans missed when baseball a 125th season was abruptly ended by the players strike. Tony Gwynn batting .394 when the strike began aug. 12, might have become baseball a first .400 hitter since Ted Williams in 1941. A Frank Thomas or Albert Belle might have been the first triple Crown Winner since Carl Yastrzemski in 1967. A the Long suffering Cleveland indians were in Contention to make their first postseason appear Gwynn Ance in 40 years. A Ken Griffey jr., Matt Williams and others were making a run at Roger Marisa Mark of 61 Home runs set in 1961. A Greg Maddux with a 1.56 Era was trying to become the first Pitcher to win three straight by Young awards. Even so postseason awards will be handed out starting in mid october. A Cal Ripken �?Ts Chase of Lou Gehrig a record of 2,130 consecutive games played. Ripken played in his 2,000th straight game earlier this season. A Don Mattingly one of the games greatest players never to play in the postseason was close this year with the Al East leading new York Yankees. A Andre Dawson Kent Hrbek and other former stars wont play again. They announced earlier this year that this was their final season no matter what. Dave Stewart Jack Morris and Goose Gossage also might be  the Texas rangers trying to win their first Ever division title. Texas was leading the Al West by one game Over Oakland. A Pennant races in possibly All six divisions along with two wild card chases. A total of 16 teams were within 6v2 games of first place when the strike started