According to the New York Post, the Biden administration wants Major League Baseball to push back the start of the 2021 season back one month.

Zach Braziller from the New York Post reports that the administration has pressured to push back the start of the 2021 season so that players could get vaccinated by then.

The Athletic reported that MLB did not tell the Players Association details of the meeting but did inform team presidents. According to an Athletic report by Ken Rosenthal, "When senior officials from the Biden administration spoke with Major League Baseball last week, the Players Association did not wish to be part of the conversation, believing it would be pressured into delaying the season. The union, by scheduling its own discussion with the same officials for a later date, avoided hearing what the government representatives suggested to MLB, according to sources: a one-month delay, with the idea of getting players vaccinated in time to start the season."

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Additionally, "The government officials, according to sources, told MLB their confidence in players getting vaccinated before a delayed opening stemmed from the expected introduction of the new Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the Biden administration's top medical adviser, said Wednesday that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine could be authorized for emergency use "within a week or so."

At this point, it doesn't seem to matter at this point. The season, at least for now, is expected to begin on time.

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