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

a. Determine the initial strategy for the players and for the owners.

b. Is this a pure or a mixed strategy game? Explain.