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Minor league players lose key battle to increase salaries as baseball’s anti-trust exemption has been upheld in Circuit Court.
They took their case to the Supreme Court on appeal, but the case was refused due to MLB’s antitrust exemption.
However, there is another similar lawsuit working its way through the court system.
Must-read essay from Trey Nielsen on why he retired and how he recommends the game change to better compensate minor league players.
I can’t seem to manage opening this article. It just keeps loading and then times out. Any suggestions?
Okay I finally got it to load after about a 20 minute wait and fortunately it didn’t time out.
The things listed in this article are downright wrong:
1. Forcing players to pay for the hotel room the team is forcing him to stay in
2. Players having to take on a job in the offseason (and his case even during the season) seems very counter productive. How are teams setting guys up for success when they can’t focus on baseball 100% of the time?
3. Why are the salaries so ridiculously small? $7,995.82 for a season is a joke. They work all year round training, lifting, pitching/hitting and even have to report into their teams during the offseason but they paid with scraps!
4. They are required to be at the park for about 10 hours a day so that’s not even minimum wage.Off topic I never understood why he was demoted to Springfield after posting the numbers he posted in Memphis. He was a far better pitcher than some of the guys Memphis had.
On the off-topic part: Roster decisions are never made in a vacuum. That same day, Tui was sent down by St. Louis when Duke came off the DL. Memphis also activated Arturo Reyes off the DL that same day. They had to make room. Nielsen drew the short straw.
Two weeks later, with Springfield in a playoff race, Nielsen left the team. He had not been pitching well, perhaps because of the personal issues he outlined.
The continued underpayment of minor league baseball players is nearly law. On Page 1,967 of the new omnibus bill is an amendment that exempts minor league players from federal labor law. If Congress passes the bill by Friday, it's official. The language: https://t.co/oNXzB8iud4 pic.twitter.com/102mGFD3Mj
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) March 22, 2018
The bill has been passed and will be signed into law Friday. Sickening.
I asked Rob Manfred and Tony Clark about the minor league wage lawsuit and "Save America's Pastime Act in 2016." Manfred's response, and Clark essentially saying there was nothing the MLBPA can or should do, was telling https://t.co/aM071uM3v2
— Kyle Glaser (@KyleAGlaser) March 22, 2018
Had to go back 18 pages to find this!
Looks like a win for the owners and loss for the players
One thing I learned from the article is that there is a minor league pension plan.
I think the $6k and $10k a month that they say AA and AAA players average is high. Particularly the AA number.
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