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Bill Exempts Minor League Players from KY's Wage, Hours Laws

Kentucky lawmakers are taking steps to protect minor league baseball players.

Aired 02/21/2025

Kentucky Edition

Bill Exempts Minor League Players from KY's Wage, Hours Laws

Clip: Season 3 Episode 192 | 1m 16sVideo has Closed Captions

Kentucky lawmakers are taking steps to protect minor league baseball players.

Playing professional baseball is not a run-of-the-mill job. And there's concern baseball's new collective bargaining agreement is in conflict with Kentucky's wage and hours laws because the length of a game is unpredictable. Sen. Amanda Mays Bledsoe's SB 15 would make minor league baseball players exempt from Kentucky's wage and hours laws.

Aired 02/21/2025

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