Longtime head of the Major League Baseball Players Association, Donald Fehr, will be stepping down at the conclusion of the season. When he does, he will get a severance package worth more money than he made from 2001-2008, reports are saying. Fehr, 61, has had an annual salary of $1 million per year since 2001. His severance package will pay him $11 million when he officially retires. Considering baseball's commissioner, Bud Selig, makes $18 million a year and how much extra money Fehr has freed up for the players over the years, the figure seems more than fair.
"I think without a doubt there was no hesitation," 9union subcommittee member Curtis) Granderson said. "We kept looking at how much Bud Selig makes and we looked at how much Don Fehr hasn't made."Also, consider the union heads in the NBA and NFL make much more than Fehr ever did annually, and this seems like the proper sendoff -- from the perspective of the players -- for a man who has fought for compensation for the players since taking over his post in 1983.
Regardless of how much of a villain Fehr is played up to be from the perspective of many fans, he was very good at his job. This retirement gift is a token of gratitude from the players he helped.
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10-21-2009 @ 2:15PM
nickcherryl said...
That amount of money is a joke, it's like the money they pay race baiter Kevin Blackstone. Just about what AL SHARPTON and JESSE JACKSON get over the years.
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10-21-2009 @ 11:28PM
racings12a said...
This is almost as ridiculous as the severance packages of major companies CEO's when they leave. It just goes to show you that baseball players (as with all sports figures) make way to much money when they can just give away 11 million. And who in the end pays for all this, US the fans (customers). The man made a million a year for the last 26 years, to me that was all he deserved. Save that money and CUT TICKET AND CONSESSION PRICES!!!
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