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Report: Minor Leaguers Ask Congress for Same Protections MLB Players Get in Letter

Minor League Baseball players have reportedly called on Congress to give them the same protections afforded to major leaguers in a letter sent to Senate Judiciary Committee leadership Thursday.

Per ESPN's Jeff Passan, Harry Marino, executive director of Advocates for Minor Leaguers, alleged in the letter that Major League Baseball has "abused its [antitrust] exemption to the detriment of the American people" and urged Congress to expand the Curt Flood Act that revoked MLB's antitrust exemption for labor matters with major league players.

This article will be updated soon to provide more information and analysis.