Problem: The Baseball Players’ Association has voted to go on strike if a settlement is not reached with the owners within the next month. The players’ representative, Melvin Mulehead, has two strategies (containing different free agent rules, pension formulas, etc.); the owners’ representative, Roy Stonewall, has three counterproposals. The financial gains, in millions of dollars, from each player strategy, given each owner strategy, are shown in the following payoff table:
Owner Strategy___________________
Player Strategy A B C_______________
1 $15 $9 $11
2 7 20 12 __________
Q1. Determine the initial strategy for the players and for the owners.
Q2. Is this a pure or a mixed strategy game? Explain.