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Originally posted by tjones1
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Originally posted by jason181988
Plus all expenses paid trips to all the ballparks right?
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Yup, hotels, airlines, etc. The works!  But they've earned it!!
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Except that their perks are slowly being taken away. For example, under the new contract, if MLB Umps wish to set aside tickets for friends/relatives, they now must pay for each ticket. The cost will be the face value of the ticket plus taxes.
I was talking to an MLB ump friend of mine recently about this, and he believes that the direct result of this will simply be no more tix set aside for people. After all, who wants to pay thousands of dollars per year for tickets for people? Not the umps, that's for sure. There go the tickets being set aside for the club house people, the restaurant manager, the guy at the hotel who does them a favor, etc. Plus, what about the guy who has his whole family visit him? He's going to have to shell out some major bucks to get them tickets. It just isn't worth it anymore for them.