A Procative Approach To Improving Minor League Baseball Compensation

Because of the occurrence of free agents, the average contract doubled from $51,000 to $100,000 and the regular season winning percentage of the “New York Yankees” increased as the payroll increased. From 1990 to 1991, the firms broke from the cartel and the average Major League Baseball salary rose from $578,930 to $891,188. And from 1995 to 2000, the “New York Yankees” was one of the most dominant teams, remaining competitive. Average salary had a 5200% increase from 1975 to 2002 and revenues increased from $6.4 million to $119 million during this period. Also, the baseball teams started to use media as advertising to attract more fans to come to watch their games.

From chapter 6-3: Does Baseball Need a Salary Cap? by Neil deMause Perhaps no two words in baseball generate as much controversy and emotion as "salary cap. " Depending on whom you ask, a salary cap would either save the game, destroy the players' union, provide hope for small-market fans, pervert the free market, or create a tangle of red tape that would turn every trade deadline into a battle of wits among dueling "capologists. " Whenever owners and players have to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement -- the next tussle is scheduled for after the 2006 season -- discussion of a cap is sure to follow.

Any sports one looks at can be classified as a money-making pit. Scouts looking at young talent ready to sign them for a quick buck and then once they stop producing, move on to the next potential talent. Baseball is the sport that is an industry dominated by trying to gain a profit from a region’s juvenile talent (Ruck). Since 1947, when Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier, there has been an increase in Latin American countries represented in MLB. More than a quarter of major league players are from Latin American, with about half of the minor league players being Latino (Ruck). On the opening day of the 2011 season, eighty-six players represented the Dominican Republic alone. That is more than a tenth of major leaguers (Ruck). One would

Every sports team/organization operates the same when it comes to salaries some players get paid more than others and salaries fluctuate based on the economy. In the 1920s the average monthly salary for a Negro baseball player was about $230 which is about $2,760 annually. Whereas in the 1920s the average annual salary for a major league player was about $5,000 to $6,000. Then the dreaded 1930s hit the decade of depression. Despite the failing economy baseball was and is America's pastime and is always popular among the people. People would always manage to go see a baseball game every now and then. This would allow for an average annual salary increase of about $1000 from about $5000-$6000 to $7000. It obviously made sense that as the economy is failing salaries would start to decrease. Of course they did Negro baseball players monthly salary went down from $230 to $170. Which would be $2,040 annually about $720 less than the previous

Every year, it becomes more obvious that many sports in America have problems. For years, Hockey has been criticized for its excessive violence. The National Football League has also been scrutinized for this reason as well as the fact that many of the top players have constantly been in trouble with the law. Major League Baseball is no different. The situation with baseball is more complicated, and is not only ruining the game itself, but also drawing millions of fans away from the sport. The biggest problem is with the high salaries paid to athletes. These salaries are taking the competitiveness out of several sports, especially baseball, where there is no salary cap. Action must be taken

The Oakland A’s were a poor team. They could not afford to shop for costly players like teams who were considered “rich” did. So, the A’s were bound by money to find “bargain” athletes. This problem repeatable showed up in baseball’s history and baseball management continued to handle the problem the same way- by blindly trusting the system. The overall question was how could a poor team improve their standings? How can they overcome the biggest hurdle of money without being financially unstable? Can a team win games without any big names in baseball? Billy Beane, a fruitless baseball player turned thriving general manager, revolutionized the baseball industry by finding a new solution to an old problem.

Yankee Stadium was said to have profited hundreds of thousands of dollars a year just by renting out the stadium to the Negro Leagues. Shadow-Ball further illustrates the substantial differences in funding between the MLB, and the Negro Leagues. Because they Negro Leagues didn't have the money to buy supplies such as baseballs in some instances, they created Shadow-Ball. In this process, the "players would actually practice hitting the ball and catching a ball that wasn't actually there. In fact, they would go full practices without even having a ball, which further enhanced their discipline and focus." (Conrads, pg. 6) but in some instances, when they couldn't play in Major League ballparks, they were simply left to play on the dilapidated fields various areas - wherever they could find a field. Other than this, the players in the Negro Leagues did not make as much money as their counterparts who played in the MLB. For example, in Jackie Robinson's case, he "signed his contract with the Dodgers…for the Major League minimum salary: $5,000…for the year." (Rampersad, pg. 167) Furthermore, in general, "Negro leaguers made about a quarter of what their counterparts in the major leagues were making," but they kept their spirits alive, obliterated the negative energy, and kept playing the sport they loved…baseball. (Conrads, pg. 2)

Racial discrimination in professional sports has always been an issue and committees in professional sports are trying their best to eliminate racial discrimination from both inside and outside of the field. Major League Baseball is one of the professional sports leagues that has a long history about racial discrimination. Relating with this, it is questionable that if racial discrimination affects on players’ salary in MLB. If so, how does racial discrimination affects on the salary and what are the other factors related with racial discrimination that can affect on salary? This question will be discussed and examined throughout the report.

Imagine a darkened evening in the spring the lights are slowly warming up to illuminate the field in which the cleats of the great will graze the grass and scuff up the freshly dragged dirt. The crowd is feeling anxiety to know if the umpire is going to call the pitch a ball or a strike. This is in the mind of every person that comes out to support their local major league baseball team. In recent decades the sport of baseball has become criticized for the amount of money that the owners pay their players for their services. The question On the minds of not only the general public, but to the owners and the fans is the salary paid to the players. Major League baseball players are paid too much.

Although baseball athletes work very hard when they're playing the game, It's very wrong that the managers pay the players that sit on the bench all year long and pay them over 7 million dollars a game. Some of the players on the bench don’t deserve to get that much money, when there are starving and poor kids that live outside.

As a result, baseball players earn $3 million per year. First, I think that’s too expensive since they just throw a ball around and run to the bases. They are working extra effort every day to achieve this goal, but I don’t think it’s supposed to be that much. Baseball players should just obtain $2 million per year instead of 3 million per

For prospects that are forced into the minor leagues for development, the road to the majors has proven a grueling process and the majority of players never make it to the major leagues. Extremely low salaries and bonuses in the minor leagues has become an ongoing, controversial topic between MLB commissioner Bud Selig and minor league players 17. A fast food worker makes between $15,000 and $18,000 a year, which is two or three times as large as minor league players’ average salary, so minor league players are forced to have multiple jobs throughout the year 18. The majority of minor league players lie below the federal poverty level and while MLB salaries are rapidly increasing, minor leagues salaries remain constant. The MLB receives exemptions

There are five different sublevels of Major League Baseball and four of them are directly related to a respective major league team. The levels, from lowest to highest, are independent leagues, single A, double A, and triple A. The ages in the Major Leagues, and its sublevels of professional baseball, normally ranges from eighteen, kids drafted straight out of high school, to forty, seasoned veterans and the best of the best. Independent leagues are leagues not affiliated with major league teams where undrafted players go to try to make a name for themselves and get picked up and noticed by a major league team who is willing to give them a chance in their orginizaton. Single A through triple A are all affiliated with a major league team but this is not a long term job, according to the website for the MILB the mean salary being forty four thousand dollars per year, while the league minimum for the MLB is four hundred and ninety five thousand dollars per year.

number 23 out of 30 top salaries in the league, they also had 96 wins

The MLB (Major League Baseball Association) is one of the worst at athletes having a full college education. There are thirty- two major league teams. Each major league team has six minor league teams in their association. With each team having around forty players; that consumes