MLB misuses Clemente's image in their locking out of the Players' Union

PITTSBURGH, PA. – With MLB’s locking out its players’ union after the collective bargaining agreement expired last night, major league baseball teams can no longer use the images of players covered by the collective bargaining agreement on their websites, all of which are owned by MLB.com

Instead, MLB teams struggling to find content for their websites, where they make big money selling fan gear and tickets, have loaded their websites with videos and images of classic baseball scenes, which the current collective bargaining agreement does not cover.

“Until a new agreement is reached, there will be limitations on the type of content we display,” wrote MLB on websites across baseball. “As a result, you will see a lot more content that focuses on the game’s rich history.”

Most gallingly, the Pittsburgh Pirates have videos of Roberto Clemente on their website right below a letter from MLB Commissioner Rob Manfried, blasting the players’ union.

However, Clemente was one of the founders of the modern players union, who was outspoken in the late 1960s on behalf of the union, as we covered in our recently published historical lookback, “How Clemente Got the Players’ Union Behind Curt Flood.”

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