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Saving America’s Pastime
Michael Emodi
Save America’s Pastime Act
H.R. 5580
 Legislation proposed to exempt minor league baseball players from being
subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act
 Introduced in 2016, assigned to a special committee
 Proposed by congressman Brett Guthrie and congresswomen Cheri Bustos
 Both receive regular campaign donations from Major League Baseball (MLB)
Class Action Lawsuit
 Garrett Broshuis – Lawyer and former Minor League Baseball (MiLB) Player
 Representing 2,300 players in a lawsuit against the MLB and its teams
 Asks for fair compensation
 Asks for overtime pay
 Believes the “Save America’s Pastime Act” is just a plot by the MLB and MiLB,
injunction with the millionaire owners, “to keep their wallets fat off the back
of the players.”
Facts
 MiLB players are among the worst paid professional athletes
 7,500 employees
 Denied minimum wage guarantee
 Denied overtime pay
 Work 60 to 70 hours a week
 Pay is decided by pre-determined scale
 A – lowest level - $1100 a month
 AA – middle level - $1700 a month
 AAA – level just below MLB - $2150 a month
 The minimum MLB salary is $507500 and the average is $4.4 million
MLB’s Response
 Refered to MiLB baseball players as short-term seasonal apprentices
 Not a career, according the commissioner
 Players labeled as “creative professionals”
 Exempt from hourly pay laws
 “Not practical to pay employees based on how many hours they work,
practice, or play.”
 MLB organizations could not afford it
 Claim minor league clubs would cease to exist
Counter Argument
 MiLB players are paid by the MLB organizations they are in, not the minor league
teams
 An extra $10 an hour to each player at 60 hours a week would only cost each team
around $3 million
 MLB teams average $300 million in revenues each year
 These player aren’t “seasonal apprentices”
 Like any other business, these players can get fired
 Housing is not provided so many end up living in cheap, borderline unsafe places
Ethical Questions
 Is the MLB and MiLB treating the players ethically?
 Is it ethical to treat employees of a normal business like this? What makes
minor league players different?
Sources
 http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/06/save-americas-pastime-act-minor-league-
minimum-wage-lawsuit-mlb-salaries
 http://money.cnn.com/2016/07/01/news/companies/minor-league-baseball-
pay/
 http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/14604302/reimagining-baseball-
increase-wage-scale-minor-league-players
 http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/03/minor-league-baseball-players-lawsuit-
mlb-mlbpa
 http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2016/6/30/12068178/save-americas-pastime-
act-minor-league-salaries

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Saving America’s Pastime

  • 2. Save America’s Pastime Act H.R. 5580  Legislation proposed to exempt minor league baseball players from being subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act  Introduced in 2016, assigned to a special committee  Proposed by congressman Brett Guthrie and congresswomen Cheri Bustos  Both receive regular campaign donations from Major League Baseball (MLB)
  • 3. Class Action Lawsuit  Garrett Broshuis – Lawyer and former Minor League Baseball (MiLB) Player  Representing 2,300 players in a lawsuit against the MLB and its teams  Asks for fair compensation  Asks for overtime pay  Believes the “Save America’s Pastime Act” is just a plot by the MLB and MiLB, injunction with the millionaire owners, “to keep their wallets fat off the back of the players.”
  • 4. Facts  MiLB players are among the worst paid professional athletes  7,500 employees  Denied minimum wage guarantee  Denied overtime pay  Work 60 to 70 hours a week  Pay is decided by pre-determined scale  A – lowest level - $1100 a month  AA – middle level - $1700 a month  AAA – level just below MLB - $2150 a month  The minimum MLB salary is $507500 and the average is $4.4 million
  • 5. MLB’s Response  Refered to MiLB baseball players as short-term seasonal apprentices  Not a career, according the commissioner  Players labeled as “creative professionals”  Exempt from hourly pay laws  “Not practical to pay employees based on how many hours they work, practice, or play.”  MLB organizations could not afford it  Claim minor league clubs would cease to exist
  • 6. Counter Argument  MiLB players are paid by the MLB organizations they are in, not the minor league teams  An extra $10 an hour to each player at 60 hours a week would only cost each team around $3 million  MLB teams average $300 million in revenues each year  These player aren’t “seasonal apprentices”  Like any other business, these players can get fired  Housing is not provided so many end up living in cheap, borderline unsafe places
  • 7. Ethical Questions  Is the MLB and MiLB treating the players ethically?  Is it ethical to treat employees of a normal business like this? What makes minor league players different?
  • 8. Sources  http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/06/save-americas-pastime-act-minor-league- minimum-wage-lawsuit-mlb-salaries  http://money.cnn.com/2016/07/01/news/companies/minor-league-baseball- pay/  http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/14604302/reimagining-baseball- increase-wage-scale-minor-league-players  http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/03/minor-league-baseball-players-lawsuit- mlb-mlbpa  http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2016/6/30/12068178/save-americas-pastime- act-minor-league-salaries