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Reply to "$10,000,000,000.00 is apparently not enough"

"Would Government help me if they made the MILB Minimum 75K ? No, there would be fewer spots because in the real world, a business has to generate a profit to exist."

Steve, this is where our views diverge.  Milb owners don't pay the player salaries. As you know, those get paid by MLB and they can afford far more than $1100 to $2200 per month for 6 months (especially since they don't pay the off season but require players to be "on call" 24 hours per day for drug testing.) As an aside, not many employers can "require" its employees to be immediately available or on call, argue it is off the clock and not pay for that requirement. MLB is going to make big $$$$ without colluding and now having Congress empower them to control player salaries.

Milb owners are generally making big $$$ on Milb franchise investments since the community builds and operates the stadiums, mostly at the cost of the taxpayers. They are not impacted in profit margins by Milb salaries.

Last edited by infielddad
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