{"id":20613,"date":"2022-07-20T22:10:57","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T22:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/rob-manfred-claims-minor-leaguers-make-a-living-wage\/"},"modified":"2022-07-20T22:10:57","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T22:10:57","slug":"rob-manfred-claims-minor-leaguers-make-a-living-wage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/rob-manfred-claims-minor-leaguers-make-a-living-wage\/","title":{"rendered":"Rob Manfred claims minor leaguers make a living wage"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, a man who makes $17.5 million a year, told minor leaguers to shut up and be grateful this week amidst calls for a living wage for professional players who haven’t yet been called up.<\/p>\n

Okay, he didn’t phrase it like that, but he did tell reporters that he \u201ckind of rejects the premise of the question that minor league players are not paid a living wage.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2021, minor league salaries were raised so that minor leaguers now make between $400 and $700 a week along with provided housing. Before the raise, they made between $290 and $502 a week without housing. Minor league players are only paid during the regular season \u2014 not spring training, not any postseason games, and not any offseason workouts \u2014 which means that they’ll usually make between $4,800 and $14,700 from the sport each year. Players are paid by their affiliated teams, not the league as a whole, but the league sets the minimum salary.<\/p>\n

MLB classifies them as seasonal workers, which allows them to be paid below minimum wage. Obviously, most need second and third jobs to supplement this income, but it can be a real challenge to work around a full-time in-season game schedule while keeping other forms of employment.<\/p>\n

This is all coming out in the context of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s decision to investigate MLB’s near-total antitrust exemption, which other major sports leagues don’t enjoy, but which they’ve had for a century. The committee is analyzing whether the exemption should apply to MLB’s relationship with the minor leagues.<\/p>\n

Manfred continued, \u201cI think that we’ve made real strides in the last few years in terms of what minor-league players are paid. Even putting to one side the signing bonuses that many of them have received, they’ve received housing, which is obviously another form of compensation, so I just reject the premise of the question. I reject the premise that they are not paid a living wage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sorry, Rob, but what would you know about a living wage? Also, while some of the top players get cushy signing bonuses, your average guy is nowhere near making ends meet with a signing bonus worth a couple grand or so. It does n’t exactly help his case that last week, MLB settled a federal class-action lawsuit filed by minor league players in 2014 who accused the league of violating minimum wage and overtime laws in California, Arizona, and Florida. The league is paying out $185 million<\/span>and they also told teams that minor leaguers were now allowed to (not required to) be paid during spring training.<\/p>\n

Players in the majors aren’t actually covered by the antitrust exemption because they are protected by the players’ association and operate under a collective bargaining agreement. Minor leaguers do not have a union, and thus are subject to the whims of Congress and the clearly out-of-touch commissioner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Rob Manfredphoto: Getty Images MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, a man who makes $17.5 million a year, told minor leaguers to shut up and be grateful this week amidst calls for a living wage for professional players who haven’t yet been called up. Okay, he didn’t phrase it like that, but he did tell reporters that …<\/p>\n

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