Are Baseball Players Paid Too Much?

It would be easy for someone to agree that Major League Baseball players are paid too much. Most people in North American are not paid anything close to what the average player makes and jealousy can set in. I am going to say that Major League Baseball players are not paid too much. Would you rather see the owners keep all the revenue or see the players, who do all the work, get a large payday?

The ticket prices for baseball games are pretty expensive, but people compare them to prices twenty years ago. Comparing today's prices to prices in the later 70's or early 80's doesn't make much sense, everything has went up in prices since the Reagen administration. Owners say the prices are going up because of the cost of player's salaries and the player's say it is due to the greed of the owners. I'm sure that there is truth to each side, but I think a lot of it is due to the lucrative price that new ballparks come with. I know cities usually throw in some money for a new ballpark, but the upkeep and the maintenance is pretty high on newly constructed stadiums.

Most major league baseball players do not have a huge signing bonus and a hefty contract when they first sign with a team out of high school or college. Many players wait for three or four years even before they get the chance to compete in spring training. Minor league players get paid a blue collar wage and usually have to play in winter ball to helps pay the bills. These players ride on buses from small city to smaller city and are away from their families just as much as major league players, if not more. I think the pay days that Major League players get once they make it, it well deserved.