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Steve A. posted:

 

If you are the type who refuses to sit in a hotel for days on end, there are 2 main types of distractions. Alcohol & women. Needless to say, maintaining a committed relationship is "challenging."

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In addition, I would also demand that his Minor League contracts be for a sum between maybe 25-50K (even if this took away from bonus) so he did not have to eat his Bonus $$ to survive. He could learn how to budget his $$, pay bills & actually have an income as opposed to the $12K / Year or whatever crazy $$ they pay now for first year MILB players.

To add to the first point above:  Son took his Playstation to spring training.  They even bought a TV so they could have 2 in the hotel room.  New kind of entertainment, and certainly more cost effective than alcohol and women

To the second point, I am sure you could add most anything to a contract, but most minor league contracts are standard and salaries are by year of service and everyone knows they stink (for those that reading this and it is a mystery, salaries start at about $1050/month, only for the months you play, and go up yearly about $50 per month, and again if you are promoted to a different level.   Then deduct:  housing or host family fees, clubbie fees, supplement the stipend for food, etc.  It doesn't go far).  One of son's teammates this past summer who was drafted out of HS, has a financial advisor that doles out his bonus yearly/monthly so that he doesn't spend it all.  Some of the college-drafted guys on his team should have done this. 

^^^^This is why bonus money can be important...to support the player in the off season, as well as during the season if they are a high roller.

  

  

Last edited by keewart
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