Re(3): The Death Of Jai Alai
Posted on January 13, 2004 at 10:55:25
PM by crab
Jai-alai players at that time were extremely well paid.jai-alai
players will never be paid what major sports stars are making
because there are no television contracts or endorsement revenues
coming in.The strike was almost 20 years ago and players make
just a portion of what pelotaries in that era were makeing.Tiger
posted an article from 1930 that showed some pelotaries were making
3000 amonth back then most probably dont make that now.Compare
jai-alai salaries to other pari-mutual sports for that era and
they were on the high side.To much competition for the dollar
these days although the sport truly never did recover from the
strike that only benefited the lawyers handling it.
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