Minor League Players Really Need a Pay Raise

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Minor League Players Really Need a Pay Raise

02-03-17, 07:29 PM

If you want to read the whole article, here it is:

$12,000 a year: A minor leaguer takes his fight for fair pay public

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/01/minor-league-baseball-pay-fair-labor-standards-act-minimum-wage-lawsuit-kyle-johnson

At the end of February, Kyle Johnson will pack some bags, say goodbye to his wife and his two young daughters, and make the 2,800-mile journey from his home in Post Falls, Idaho, to Port St. Lucie, Fla., to spend a strenuous month of volunteer work in the service of an…

Look at this chart comparing AAA Baseball players to AHL hockey players which is the equivalent to AAA. Hockey seems to have it right, while baseball is practically slave labor compared to them.
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