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Agree especially since Major League teams are making money hand over fist, ungodly amounts. Just a few years ago for example when MLB sold off one of their businesses to a private company each team got a check for 50 million dollars.
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Teams tring to save money by cutting housing and food for the 150 players they have in the minors seems extra cheap. 7 months of reasonable housing and food for 150 people would be well under $3M. I know most of these guys are long shots or playing out the string, but you can't level up the high-caliber players without the "deadweight" too.Riding Shotgun on the Sox Bandwagon since before there was an Internet...
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Independent leagues are even worse.
My son played in the Frontier League a few years back. Gross pay was $600 per month for rookies, so his take home pay was under $500 per month. Having 4-8 players living in one apartment was normal.
Of your $20 per day gross, you were expected to tip clubhouse staff $2 minimum to wash your uniform. Meal money was $20 per day on the road, and the postgame "spread" was typically leftovers from concessions and usually cold.
So you're basically paying to play. Those conditions will really test how much you love the game.“It's not the high price of stardom that bothers me...it's the high price of mediocrity." - Bill Veeck
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