Hang on...MLB is going to make several million from two teams playing exhibition, regular season and put on clinics and the ONLY people who get $$$ for going are the players and Francona. The asst coaches and staff get nothing? The ORIGINAL contract each team signed with MLB was for all in the traveling party to get the stipend. MLB then tried to change the deal hours prior to leaving.
Thats like saying ONLY the head coach and team players get Super Bowl money. Asst Coaches and team staff get a handshake, and BTW, they get told right before kickoff. It's ALL or none in successful team sports. When NFL teams got to Europe, everybody on the travel party gets the same stipend. This was just bad by MLB.
Take it from a person who has worked in sports over thirty years:
I remember as a trainer back in 1985 when we went to the Final Four. The head coach got a ring of real gold. The asst coaches and players got one in gold tone metal and the trainer (me) and Sports Info press person and team managers got NOTHING! We're we happy about all the Xtra time we spent away from our families only to get boned in the end!
When I did the Olympics in '92, my team won the bronze medal. What did the team trainer get again...thats right, nada. Eight weeks away from my family prior to the Olympics and I was the only one not in the medal ceremony! I for one am ecstatic that the Red Sox stood up for whats right and reward all the travel party the same...
Crap, in horse racing, I have NO PROBLEM paying my trainer, groom, hot walker and anybody else who helps keep my horses healthy and fit a bonus % of the purse winnings. None at all. Make the people who MAKE THINGS happen proud to be part of an organization, not ignore them as servants. But thats just me!
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