The Indians have gotten permission from Major League Baseball to start refunding their fans who have purchased tickets to games set to be played at Progressive Field. Until Tuesday fans were told that games were "postponed" and could still be made up.
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00:00 Major League Baseball says amidst a postponed season, each team will decide what to do about
00:06 ticket sales individually.
00:08 As the coronavirus pandemic leaves the start date of the 2020 MLB season in question, the
00:13 league has granted its 30 teams autonomy to determine ticket policies for games already
00:18 postponed, giving teams the option to provide relief to fans who may need it.
00:23 Prior to this announcement, the league had told teams to treat the lost games as postponements,
00:28 such as a rainout, for which tickets could be kept and used for a make-up date or another
00:32 game.
00:33 According to a USA Today report, as of Tuesday, a typical team has already had about 15 games
00:39 postponed, or nearly 20 percent of an 81-game schedule.
00:43 By the end of May, a time frame now unrealistic for games to begin, about 30 games, or more
00:49 than a third of a team's home schedule, will be lost.
00:52 The league is opting for club autonomy and against a blanket refund policy because of
00:57 the significant variance in ticket policies among individual franchises.
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