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Originally Posted by GarthB
MiLB umpires deserve more money. MiLB umpires deserve better benefits. MiLB umpires deserve more respect and protection. Most importantly, however, MiLB umpires deserve better union leadership.
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My lawn care guys deserve more money too, so does my grocer, my pizza delivery guy, my mechanic, etc etc My propane guy, now he doesn't deserve anymore and guess what, he's the hardest on the list to replace.
Did I mention me, I deserve more
They may all deserve more but guess what, they're all easily replaced. And chances are they won't be getting more any time soon. Pretty simple economics.
Really when you think about it, of all the work force working at the level they're at, the MiLB may be the least deserving. They're working at those wages by choice and virtually all of them have better opportunities outside of umpiring. The rest of the work force surviving at those wage levels are there out of necessity and have much less opportunity for improvement.