so dan Wetzel we've had on this very meaty love to it. sports he's a
fantastic writer for Yahoo
I really think you guys should check them out and his work that is a course
and then decided to write about should little leaguers
pp pay now before even lose it let me read a few exerts and then we will get
into two cars take
who was a college athlete at Ohio State and did not get paid
so out if anything he can maybe shed some light on this so here
let me read a few things then withdrew the term paid a little leaguers
tends to send those incapable of seeing nuances into intense
anger take a deep breath this isn't about paying every kid who's playing
ball in your neighborhood
just the ones who reach the big stage and are put on television
this isn't going to cause the formation of the Union with an inevitable strike
or contract holdout and then he goes on to say little league baseball corporate
is a non-profit
based out of williamsport pennsylvania according to its most recent federal tax
filings
it turned a two-point eight million profit
in fiscal 2012 on twenty 4.5 million dollars in revenue
it finished the year this is big with seventy
8.5 million dollars in assets
that's pretty bleak so his proposal
is that they pay the little leaguers whatever you wanna pay them five-figure
six-figure sum
and you put it into a college fund when they're 18 to 21 years old
that is at least his i'm summarizing his article it's a great read political will
link it in the description below
however your take on this firstly first the law
hell no now I know I'm
near the wreath for 0 i win
I mean how far can we are we could take this anywhere now like any little
leagues because this little league baseball
any other kids sports that is successful the rooms are paying them to
and number one and into your kid 01 is fried year
I don't need money and only pay me because and play the bass I just want
the hats
I want the free stuff I don't wanna be I mean
is no I couldn't even fathom
paying the earlier putting in a trust pay is
they can't touch it till the 18 or 21 it's pretty much a trust fund a college
trust fund you could say ices mean this is getting a control
like everything is in I know people mad companies making money but it's like
sometimes it's it's the game like enjoy it because they're right
I don't I i don't agree another not a big fan okay see you said
you're going to pay other success in
kids sports writer one other successes on like the that mainstream media
could mean ESPN pays a very small something they get a large return
for the 30 two games they show the Little League World Series right I don't
think there is not like it online live
college athletes and exploitation in like certain
with they're making so much money in the couch at the gate nothing you know it's
cool
if I don't know the logistics I don't know what goes behind with the
like transportation and everything goes like
with team in the jerseys in paper like putting up in hotels the way there but I
feel like you're
in my if you get the receipts most the stuff is by pay for
through the week hopefully I mean I would certainly hope so
I don't know the answer to that yet but I just don't see them trying to just
come up with us typeof house trust fund for kids that are
mean and Leonardo the numbers I so ESPN pays four million dollars for 32 games
they got a large return the Little League World Series
heading to their seventy 8.5 million dollars in assets make 6.1 million in
non broadcast revenue so they're making bank so
they're getting a larger turn but the little leaguers were
going out there are getting nothing I mean are they entitled to something
and now i cant I can say yes his it just seems a little weird to say yes
it seems that yeah I guess because a but is it and making a good argument for I
can understand and I mean that the good cause and effect the said the
trust fund in some way that okay now that's now you think incurs
knowledge is pain and the Czech like graduations right
still I'm and I'm just thinkin when I was that age just the fact that I'm
I'm not worried about being like mike press final
I'm my cum on ESPN I get a a money has been my freezer watching like
this is the best thing ever bowser is being a little the thirteen years old
Mike and DVR ing thank you as the air for taping this
and in and Mike recordi ollie's to my mom my mom's home video
me play baseball we have like real food is a me when I was younger it
on ESPN this get Mike thanks but
so when you play football at Ohio State that was the same
Avenue fought uses pretty much I was more like I was in 30 minutes no I
totally I totally understand that guy was it got a great and I'm
and comparing you know more mature mines right
up I mean 12 did you feel the same way about playing football I'll stay did you
feel like a football player should be compensated
as athlete ha stated time we won in FL ship
and there were so many leeches and people and things just profiting off
love
about making merchandise and merchandise and more rigid I some
officials of you know on an official people just making them up
Asia see how many how much people are making you like I'm going back to my
dorm room eating ramen noodles cuz I have have no other money
to particular beef I'm definitely ticking I
second here
%uh about it yeah I got good but you say is this is kinda it's kinda hard to see
when you expect the
at that age reorder you know you know in 20 years old
nineteen-years-old you like okay I can see other world works a little more in
the house you know it
street smarts and see how things with really work thirteen-year
like I'm just happy to be playing right happy to be on
on-field I so here's a I asked everyone to chime in on Twitter
okay last night and what they thought about this so let's see their reactions
right now okay so Ryan main says to us there
payment should be the experience they gained from the competition
you agree or disagree alias AK Jennifer Garner
says of course it's time to pay them anything profitable for a large business
should provide for the kids that make money should provide but I don't think
provide
in that way I mean they provide for everything Asian absolutely the paper
housing
behavior insurers is traveling jerseys
food of the day for the jersey is actually a shirt or something yet they
should all that stuff kaelin Hicks
says they don't need to be paid their kids not adults the only thing they will
buys video games or they would
left yeah they would buy anything according to Dan Wetzel
Cody convert a co says interesting points but I don't see the marketing
a specific players which is done in college as Jay bill is pointed out on
Twitter
Andrew Carter pointed out right here in studio yet so I I think they
thank you people thank
congratulations got one guy such no I'm limits but her friend and I certainly
see
II CD intellectuals point to you I see
your point of view I think you hit the nail on the head by saying basically the
stark
difference is that the Tony Stark different his thats
up you know at the example uses Braxton Miller johnny Menzel
the he best players any school
they have their jersey number in the schools clearly
with the early and go with Donnelly while by coincidence why does and so
they don't have double 0
I mean these are you know the guy I just where are you headed down there
a mic double 0 solve everything else and
in our fans be like why is this jersey was it like well
sorry cuz really because you block me know basically eso
I I think it's a good idea maybe with our petition its what
was to the spirit I one here everyone's thoughts in the comments yes
so let me know I'm gonna try to apply to as many as I can
I would love to hear your create inside