[WhatWuzThatBlue]

The BIG GAME starts in a little while and the commercils were'nt rocking my world, so I though I'd check in here.

DCMB just amazes me. To wit -
"all of us pay more for the neccessities of life" ...
including MiLB umpires. But their pay has not increased accordingly and their purchashing power has decreased. This is something you continually refuse to acknowledge."

I have done no such thing. They aren't forced to work that job for those wages. They signed contracts agreeing to the terms. You fail to acksnowledge that important piece of the puzzle.

There are many people that wish that they had pay raises over the last five years (stop saying ten, they signed the contract five years ago, so you are misleading the board). Maybe the rate they are paid has not changed in ten years, but that would indicate that they were probably overpaid ten years ago. If they felt that it was a smart move to sign the contract five years ago, FOR THE SAME PAY RATE AS THEY HAD FOR THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS - then they are stupid. Like I said, it is time to dissolve that union and reorganize. Mr. Roberts may not have been involved in the original bragaining, but he is accountable now. Those two hundred and thirty members should realize that they are on a sinking ship.