Major League Baseball has canceled the second week of the regular season after days of discussion with the MLB Players Association failed to generate a new labor agreement.

The international draft was the main sticking point on Wednesday.

A day earlier, the league had proposed tying an international draft that would cover amateurs from Latin America and Asia to the removal of direct draft-pick compensation, in which teams are penalized draft picks for signing top free agents.

Players balked at the idea, rejected proposals from the league to address it and sent a counteroffer. The league then canceled another week of games.