42 Quotes by Donald Fehr

A lot of people would like to do it in the fall. Once the playoffs start, the players who are not in the playoffs essentially go home. You can't find them. They're on vacation.

There were record revenues last year, and attendance things continue to look very good, and those are very positive signs.

There is that. And the timing issue is the single most difficult one that there is. The way we got to this time period is by considering all the other ones and deciding they all had bigger problems than this one did.

There's an issue as to whether or not clubs are using revenue-sharing receipts in an appropriate way.

It's like a lot of things. I thought that most of what you read was probably significantly overblown.

After the hearings on the House side in March and after receiving the commissioner's letter (re tougher penalties), we had discussions both before and after. There was an agreement that it would be unfair to change the deal in the middle of the season. I then sent the tapes of the (March) hearings to the players. I had an obligation to meet with them all, which I did.

I hope nobody is making judgments about the inquiry before it's done. Bud will make whatever decision Bud makes and we'll go from there.

I hope it's not going to be contentious. Given the kind of revenue increases we've had and all of the rest of it, I don't know of any reason why it ought to be from our side.

Can I give you a precise date? No. Would I expect it to be by the end of the World Series? I would certainly hope so.