Senate Judiciary Committee questioning MLB's antitrust exemption

[southsider2k5]

 

[Tnetennba]

Bring. It. On. 

[ptatc]

Let them revoke it. They are so many high quality competitive trams that I'm sure another league is just waiting to start.

[southsider2k5]

 

[South Side Hit Men]

15 hours ago, southsider2k5 said:

 

This too:

The Illinois House Member who co-sponsored this bill ended up voting against it based on the backlash.

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2018/3/23/17152778/spending-bill-minor-league-baseball-explained-save-americas-pastime

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The part that changes the life of minor leaguers the most is that they would no longer be eligible for overtime pay, wouldn’t get paid for spring training, and therefore would have to work harder in the offseason to make up that difference in pay. Most minor league players already pick up jobs in the offseason instead of being able to focus on their career as an athlete, and this would make budgeting even tighter for them and their families.

On paper, players could get a slight raise in the short term, but at the expense of being able to effectively fight for future changes to the system that would guarantee them living wages. Right now, the minimum sits at $1,100 a month. This bill would raise it to $1,160 a month for 40-hour workweeks, which is far from being enough of a raise to make this worth it, never mind be an actual fair wage for thousands of people who play minor league baseball every year.