Baseball has plenty of money, but they aren't about to hand it over to "short-term seasonal apprentices" who supply their parent clubs with players.
Representatives Brett Guthrie and Cheri Bustos introduced legislation last week that would keep minor league baseball players from receiving minimum wage with the Save America's Pastime Act. This bill would keep minor leaguers from being subject to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act that protects those working hourly-rate jobs.
The justification for the legislation was that Minor League Baseball being subjected to these overtime requirements would cause such an increase in cost that many cities would be forced to give up their minor league teams who simply couldn't afford to pay players overtime.