In an age where professional athletes make more than accomplished doctors and surgeons, it is surprising to find that minor league players make below minimum wage. Minor league baseball players should be paid more than what they are being paid today because it takes away from their time with family and provides with no opportunity alternative source of income. Minor league baseball players deserve to be paid more because they do not have time to have other jobs. According to Matthew Segal, minor league players have to report to daily exercise programs and spring training without getting paid. This takes up most of the players day, leaving them with no time for an extra job. Not only do the players have to report to practice and workouts, but they also have unpredictable schedules during the season. “Compounding the problem, players are frequently transferred between teams, meaning the job search starts all over in unfamiliar territory next off-season” (Segal). During the off season, minor league players do not earn any money from the league. Additionally, the players are barely able to provide for themselves with the salary given, let alone a family. According to the economic policy institute, the average salary needed to support a family is $48,778 per year. This is not even close to the salary being made by minor league baseball players. Men are often the providers of the family and they are not able to do so with such a little income salary. College baseball players have already put in so much effort to get to where they are at, but to get to the next level is a whole different thing. Out of all the college baseball players, only 10.5% manage to play at the professional level. Most of these players, however do not go straight to the top, but rather start on a minor league team. Unlike the MLB where the baseball players get more than enough money, minor league players get roughly half of what a fast food worker makes. Not to mention that only 3% of the minor league players make it all the way. In addition, when minor league players switch teams, their income starts all over again. While most minor league players earn between $3,000-$7,500 a season, major league players earn far more. According to spotrac.com, Clayton Kershaw is going to earn $34,571,428 in the next season, while minor league players after playing in …show more content…
The families of the hopeful player see a great absence in their lives. Significant others, who would normally rely on the male for monetary income, have to become self sufficient in their earnings; surprisingly, this would prove the ongoing national trend. Four in ten American households, with children 18 or younger, now include a mother who is either the sole or primary earner for her family, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of Census. Along with this, if the player has children, the kids will also be affected significantly. Compared with peers whose parents are often absent throughout the day, teens whose parents are present when they go to bed, wake up, and come home from school are less likely to experience emotional distress (familyfacts.org). The unpredictable schedule causes a child to have an unpredictable home life without an established parental