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Originally Posted by DIV2ump
Don't want to get into the middle of this fine lawyer talk but I understood from talking to some umps that MiLB has absorbed all of the health care premium increases and the gasoline charge is reimbursed at the IRS rate. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong. So MiLB would be paying those inflationary costs. Also, in some leagues (Double A maybe) the leagues provide and pay for vans.
Some current or former umps can elaborate but I've also heard that umps will often get special perqs like discounted or free golf and health club memberships because of minor league club's deals. I'm sure the IRS would consider this income, not that anyone in america would report it as such. And from what I understand the umps load up on the free hotel breakfast and get fed at the park, so often it's one meal a day and snacks that we're talking about with per diem.
Don't have the energy (or courtroom skills!) to tackle the other points. I'll leave that to the perry masons on the board.
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What I have come to understand in my visits with my AMLU friends is that MiLB is seeking to raise the heath insurance deductible by $500 per year (from whatever it is now), effectively wiping out most of the proposed "raise." I could be wrong. I have been before. And when I'm talking about gas prices I'm talking about what they (or their significant others) pay to put in their personal vehicles- not that they get to drive them around during the season.
I'm sorry, but I just can't get there with you on the Hampton Inn breakfast bar or the dressing room fridge stocked with Snickers. $22 a day doesn't buy much in the way of healthy food in a restuarant in most markets. And forget it if you want to have (gasp!) a beer.
Strikes and outs!