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Yes, people care more about the major leagues than the minors, but people are still paying to see minor league baseball and it still makes money. Also practica
by slg 4y ago
Yes, people care more about the major leagues than the minors, but people are still paying to see minor league baseball and it still makes money. Also practically every player in the majors was at one point in the minors, usually for 3+ years for even the best players.
I'm also not suggesting that minor league players need to make millions, but there was literally an act of Congress passed a few years ago to allow these people to be paid below minimum wage[1]. How is that in any way fair? It is abusive monopolistic behavior and I don't think there is much validity to any argument otherwise.
[1] - https://apnews.com/article/minor-league-baseball-lawsuits-ap-top-news-government-spending-laws-cb183f59e88948e8b9cd49ad07bde807 https://apnews.com/article/minor-league-baseball-lawsuits-ap...
- slg 4y agoCoincidently a couple of hours after this comment, MLB reached a $185m class-action settlement with minor league players over unpaid wages[1]. [1] - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-16/mlb-agrees-to-pay-185-million-to-settle-minor-league-wage-suit https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-16/mlb-agree...