Around MLB - The possible looming labor issue

I'm intrigued by this Sporting News piece for a few reasons: 1) With all the to-do about the looming NFL crisis, no one has really mentioned it. 2) I swear Fehr, do not fuck this up. Baseball seems to be growing again and I would hate to see a work stoppage that cripples the game for 5 years again. 3) If a new CBA isn't in place by Dec. 19 there is no luxury tax for the 2007 season. You know what that means, "St. George" will spend like there is no tomorrow. I'm picturing Richard Pryor in Brewsters Millions. 4) From the tone of Fehr and the article, it seems like nobody is in a big rush to get it done. Isn't that how they always act right before all hell breaks loose and they either miss some or all of the season or get a deal done at the last second?

One of these days owners and players are going to realize they both get a shit-ton of money for being a part of a game and they should bury the hatchet and enjoy it. Greedy bastards. I'm proposing a new plan to end all labor problems in pro sports; once a year, make all owners, ceos, team executives, GMs, and players work either a construction, fast food, janitorial or any minimum wage job for a week so they'd remember what'd they have to do if they weren't involved with baseball. Not fool proof, but I think it'd atleast get the point across and make for far less labor issues.