As Major League Baseball agreed to pay $185 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the league had violated federal wage laws in compensating minor leaguers, an advocacy group called the settlement a "first step" toward overhauling the minor league pay structure.
"We will not be satisfied until minor leaguers have a seat at the table to negotiate fair wages and working conditions, as is the norm across professional sports," the nonprofit Advocates for Minor Leaguers said in a statement Friday.
The settlement, according to documents filed Friday in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, provides $120 million to about 20,000 minor leaguers who had participated in the California League and in spring training or extended spring training in Arizona as far back as 2009. The exact number of players eligible and the amount each player would receive have not been determined.
