should Major League Baseball be subject to anti-trust laws?

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This is something that could result in a turn about face as far as the last half of that article. I think if you asked Major League Baseball what they thought in private, of the old structure of AAA, AA, High A, Low A, and Rookie, Low A and Rookie would completely disappear, and AAA, AA, and High A would be combined into maybe 2 leagues. That would result in a lot of teams disappearing which would cause a bunch of small to medium-sized cities to throw a fit. I played rugby with a guy that did 2 years in the New York-Penn League and he said it was $7k he got paid for 4 months (you worked offseason, I think AAA is the only minor league level that can be a full-time job unless you're a top prospect in AA) and everyone found a girlfriend quickly to live with or they had 5 to 6 guys in a place. So yeah, you can increase the pay, provide housing, but it's not like they're going to be doing that for Low A teams, and definitely not for Rookie. Cities that want baseball teams still can, there are independent leagues unaffiliated with Major League Baseball.