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Tony Clark

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Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: MLBPA Chief Tony Clark Has Pointed Remarks About Gambling Issues, Potential Lockout

And so...

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: MLBPA Chief Tony Clark Has Pointed Remarks About Gambling Issues, Potential Lockout

Every time, again, something happens, yeah, our concerns become greater.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: MLBPA Chief Tony Clark Has Pointed Remarks About Gambling Issues, Potential Lockout

And everyone, on some level, recognized that the world was going to be different.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: MLBPA Chief Tony Clark Has Pointed Remarks About Gambling Issues, Potential Lockout

But the health and safety, put the revenue aside that may be a part of the equation.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: MLBPA Chief Tony Clark Has Pointed Remarks About Gambling Issues, Potential Lockout

Our health and safety is first and foremost.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: MLBPA Chief Tony Clark Has Pointed Remarks About Gambling Issues, Potential Lockout

And that's why, again, we hired the security director that we did and why we work as diligently as we do to make sure that our players and their families are as protected as they can be amid the new environment we're in.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: MLBPA Chief Tony Clark Has Pointed Remarks About Gambling Issues, Potential Lockout

I don't know about winter ball.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: MLBPA Chief Tony Clark Has Pointed Remarks About Gambling Issues, Potential Lockout

I know in general it's an ongoing issue, and so there's not much more I can offer on that.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: MLBPA Chief Tony Clark Has Pointed Remarks About Gambling Issues, Potential Lockout

But I saw the same report that you did.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: MLBPA Chief Tony Clark Has Pointed Remarks About Gambling Issues, Potential Lockout

We balance the two.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: MLBPA Chief Tony Clark Has Pointed Remarks About Gambling Issues, Potential Lockout

At the point in time that player safety...

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: MLBPA Chief Tony Clark Has Pointed Remarks About Gambling Issues, Potential Lockout

is a concern across the board such that we're not able to protect our players.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: MLBPA Chief Tony Clark Has Pointed Remarks About Gambling Issues, Potential Lockout

The conversation I would anticipate having with our own guys is what do we want to do about that and what does that mean in the grand scheme of things.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: MLBPA Chief Tony Clark Has Pointed Remarks About Gambling Issues, Potential Lockout

We haven't reached that point yet.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: MLBPA Chief Tony Clark Has Pointed Remarks About Gambling Issues, Potential Lockout

The players have obviously, at the point in time that, again, Passport was repealed, engaged us about trying to find opportunities.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: MLBPA Chief Tony Clark Has Pointed Remarks About Gambling Issues, Potential Lockout

And so you're right, we're balancing the two of those things.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: MLBPA Chief Tony Clark Has Pointed Remarks About Gambling Issues, Potential Lockout

But at the point in time health and safety is jeopardized, that's where that line gets drawn.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: MLBPA Chief Tony Clark Has Pointed Remarks About Gambling Issues, Potential Lockout

Not yet.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: MLBPA Chief Tony Clark Has Pointed Remarks About Gambling Issues, Potential Lockout

Once the dust settles from the series, we'll orient around what 2026 needs to look like, including any dialogue around

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: MLBPA Chief Tony Clark Has Pointed Remarks About Gambling Issues, Potential Lockout

what's going to happen with the Rays as well as what's going on there in Sacramento.