Bud Selig Makes $22 Million Dollars a Year

[Rainiers]

Bud just re-upped for two more years at $22mm per annum as the Commish. WOW

I bet this is making Greg think it's time for a raise based on the industry comparisons ...

[BEF]

Once a used car salesman, always a used car salesman...

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd ... p&c_id=mlb

[Greg Ambrosius]

Bud just re-upped for two more years at $22mm per annum as the Commish. WOW

I bet this is making Greg think it's time for a raise based on the industry comparisons ...

Honestly, you have to wonder what Bud does right now that is worth $22-$25 million per year plus a private jet. And at the age of 77, you have to wonder why Selig would keep doing this, other than he loves the money and it's now become a cushy job with all the perks he could ever want. But $22 million? C'mon, Bud, even you would have to admit you're not worth it.

I get it, he's kept the labor peace and he has the owners and players communicating and working together. Nobody wants to disrupt that love affair. But there isn't anyone in the MLB offices like in their 50s or 60s who was groomed to follow ol' Bud? NOBODY??

One thing I'll say about him, though, is that he literally single-handedly brought baseball back to Milwaukee in 1970 and he did it at the age of 35. He was so passionate about the Milwaukee Braves that he formed a group of owners in Milwaukee to be ready for a franchise if the opportunity ever presented itself and in 1970 when the Seattle Pilots weren't able to return he stepped up and moved them to Milwaukee. And he was a good, passionate, young owner for many years until he saw where the small market/big market hurdle was becoming too big. And he made a major mistake by promoting his daughter into an executive role.

Thankfully for Milwaukee, he fought hard enough at the right time for a new stadium and he really made Miller Park possible. Then he got the commissioner's job and sold to the perfect owner, who established a great front office. Bud has his warts, but he's done a lot of good for baseball in Wisconsin and baseball in general. He deserves his riches, but right now there's no doubt that he's riding the money wave and he just can't get off.