Recently in an interview with Baseball America, Pat O’Conner, the president of Minor League Baseball, had a few very quotable things to say about player salary.
Chief among them, after sneeringly suggestin “I don’t think minor league baseball is a career choice for a player” — like they have a choice — he went on to add:
“I do think that it’s time for an adjustment in salary, but the issue of putting them into an FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act)-protected position where they’re entitled to minimum wage and overtime is complicated.”
Minimum wage payment should not be complicated.