MLB hits foul ball on fair pay for minor leaguers

Agent of Change

By Nello P. Gamberdino II

Nello P. Gamberdino II has represented professional athletes from three different sports in eight countries. He is a Major League Baseball Players Association certified agent and director of Midwest operations for Paragon Sports International. He represents professional baseball players and acts as an adviser to amateur baseball players who are eligible for MLB’s annual first-year player draft. In addition, he is the employer outreach coordinator at The John Marshall Law School, where he earned his J.D.

Posted August 26, 2014 2:49 PM

In February, three former minor league baseball players filed a federal lawsuit in San Francisco against Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig and three MLB clubs. Senne v. Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, No. 3:14-cv-00608-JCS (N.D. Cal. 2014). The plaintiffs’ 20-count complaint (since amended to include 32 former minor league players as plaintiffs and all 30 MLB clubs as defendants) alleges that MLB teams have suppressed minor league player salaries and have failed to pay overtime wages in …

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