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Originally Posted by BenedictArnold
Well lets see. The AMLU guys do get insurance, you are right. But just for the sake of argument, lets look a little closer.
Insurance is approx. $200/month. If they work 180 games, as most do, that is an additional $13/day per day worked.
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$200 per month for insurance? That seems cheap to me. There are many people out there that have no insurance.
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Originally Posted by BenedictArnold
As for hotel and stuff, I am not convinced that counts. While they are away MiLB doesn't pay for the home that their families live in. Granted, some don't have wives and kids, but this still doesn't hold water. Besides, most clubs comp out the rooms for the umpires with advertisements in the outfield.
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Sure it counts if it doesn't cost the umpire anything. It doesn't matter how much (or little) the employer pays for the room, it's how much does it cost the umpire. I do not know of many companies that pay for the home that their employees familes live in...that's what you use your pay check for.
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Originally Posted by BenedictArnold
Mileage reimbursement...seriously, do I even have to explain this with the current gas rates? This doesn't even take into account the depreciation of the umpires personal vehicles.
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Care to guess how many people drive long distances to work and don't receive a penny for mileage?
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Originally Posted by BenedictArnold
Uniforms are free to PBUC and the umpires pay for their own equipment. Let me say that again...uniforms cost PBUC nothing, but the umpires must buy their own facemasks and other incidentals every year.
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Free to the umpire is still free and still a benifit, no matter what it cost the PBUC. I do not buy suits or other clothes for my employees to wear.
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Originally Posted by BenedictArnold
All in all, I think it is safe to say that a D1 umpire makes out a lot better.
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If you are expecting to make a career out of the minor leagues then maybe you should work D1.
The money, time and sacrafice of working A/AA/AAA ball is an investment. There is no guarantee that it will ever pay dividends. I grow weary of hearing about the great sacrafices these guys are making......BS. They know (knew) how difficult the road ahead of them was (or should have). They know (knew) that few of them will ever make it to MLB. The dream of making it to MLB drove them to make the choices they have made.....