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cdrhiggins t1_je8kiry wrote

>$55 million will go to attorneys' fees, about $4.65 million to litigation costs, $995,000 in settlement administration expenses, $600,000 to class representatives in payments of $15,000 to 40 people and $37,500 to five named plaintiffs who are not class representatives in payments of $7,500 each. About $1.7 million will go to the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency.

Always interesting to see that the majority of these how much of these multimillion dollar suits are typically fees and expenses and not actual payments to the plaintiffs.

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rayshmayshmay t1_je8jf3h wrote

> The suit was filed in 2014 by first baseman/outfielder Aaron Senne, a 10th-round pick of the Marlins in 2009 who retired in 2013, and two other retired players who had been lower-round selections: Kansas City infielder Michael Liberto and San Francisco pitcher Oliver Odle. They claimed violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and state minimum wage and overtime requirements for a work week they estimated at 50 to 60 hours.

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lionheart4life t1_je88iqu wrote

While I agree, it means too much to the countries that only have a couple athletes competing or rarely medal. But when I'm watching I really could not care less if the US wins another 50 golds or a dozen more swimming medals, etc. Be fine with just letting athletes compete and if you want to mention where they are from that's fine too but not pretend that an entire country is a "team."

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