MLB PLAYERS REJECT OWNERS PROPOSAL

Major League Baseball players will not take another pay cut and have "resoundingly rejected" the league's plan to begin the season.

This, according to a statement Thursday from union executive director Tony Clark.

The statement came after a two-hour conference call of the association's executive board and several other Major League Baseball Players Association player leaders and one day after the league rejected a proposal from the players to play 114 games with full prorated salaries.

The league wants a drastically reduced schedule in order for owners to be able to pay players on a per-game basis.