A necessary shutdown because of the coronavirus pandemic has led to a full-scale labor war in Major League Baseball.

MLB and the MLBPA are currently unsuccessfully negotiating over player compensation and a game schedule for 2020.

During a recent radio interview Ken Kendrick, the managing general partner for the Arizona Diamondbacks, said current labor relations would be much better with a revenue-sharing system and salary cap.

"Why is it that we are the only sport that doesn't have revenue sharing? All of the other major sports have revenue sharing," Kendrick said. "What would be happening right now — think about it — if this situation would have evolved and we had been in a revenue-sharing model? We would be acting as partners to get back together and get back on the field. The very lack of a revenue-sharing model puts us in an adversarial position when we really ought to be partners and advancing the game and building the revenues because all would win in those circumstances.

"Our (players) union leadership takes the position that's a non-starter," Kendrick added. "We wouldn't even be in a discussion right now if we had revenue sharing. It's sad."