AMLU rejects proposal

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by MrB

I agree that they are strong and they did the right thing, but how are they going to get back on the field when baseball just doesn't care about the quailty of umpiring?

I disagree. Baseball does care about the quality of umpiring. Who is "baseball?" The managers and players care a good deal (though they care about many other things more). The owners care quite a bit less, and much less than they care about player development (which they owe to the big league clubs) and their own bottom line (which is not huge in MiLB).

The money in MLB does not trickle down to MiLB as much as it might. Think of it this way: the average MLB umpire makes maybe 10-20% (depending on experience) of the average MLB player salary. If the MiLB umps made a comparable percentage of the average MiLB player salary, how much would they make?