Major League Soccer will pay staff and players without furloughs or layoffs, but to ensure the league survives from now through a hoped-for June 8 restart, executives will take a deep pay cut.
Commissioner Don Garber and deputy commissioners Mark Abbott and Gary Stevenson started 25% cuts on April 16. Other top staff will accept cuts from 10%-20%. Lower-salary employees are exempt, but those exemptions do not include the players on the pitch.
MLS suspended the season after completing the second match on March 12. Sports leagues have gone dark to ensure social distancing to reduce the infection rate of the coronavirus and are now abiding by the health guidelines of their respective.