Major League Baseball add "sexual orientation" wording to Collective Bargaining Agreement

Big news in the sport world. The MLB will have "sexual orientation" in their Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Article XV, Section A of the MLB’s expiring Basic Agreement, in effect from 2006-2011, states: “The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied to all Players covered by this Agreement without regard to race, color, religion or national origin.”

In the new agreement, which will be made public this afternoon, the words “sexual orientation” will be added to the equivalent section.

This decision follows that National Football League, which did the same in their CBA this year.  Baseball officials familiar with the process describe the mention of “sexual orientation” as not necessarily related to the NFL, and as a provision readily agreed upon by both union and league negotiators.

 This is pretty good.

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