Rob Manfred

Right.

100%.

No, you're right.

Glad to do it.

Always happy to see you.

Well, we're going to be good.

We need to pick it up.

The proposal really was not about trying to alter the terms of deals one direction or another.

I'm kind of a believer in you have a deadline.

You're going to make the same deal, give or take, if you string it out.

I think the reason I was interested in, I think that from the 1st of December to the 20th,

If we had a period in there when all that free agency activity went on, it's a great marketing opportunity for the game at a point in the calendar when, you know, you're not quite in the NFL playoffs.

You know, the NBA is still kind of early.

And, you know, it's a great chance to kind of own some offseason weeks, which is crucial to selling tickets, selling season tickets.

So that's why I was interested.

Yeah, I mean, what they said back, I can only tell you what they said.

I don't know what was in their heads, but what they said back was they thought that kind of deadline would work to the disadvantage of the players.

I don't put much credence in this.

Let's face it.

On both sides of these negotiations, there's really sophisticated people who negotiate for a living all the time.