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Scouts sue MLB for age discrimination, claiming the league had a ‘blacklist’

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    Corsy
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    I don't see any issue with letting him go as long as "age" wasn't listed as the reason. The guy settled an out of court suit anyway, but this is how it works.

    Ingalls, 71, who lives in Long Beach, was 67 when he said the Reds let him go and “hired a 27-year-old kid to do my job,” he said.

    I don't see any issue with letting him go as long as "age" wasn't listed as the reason. The guy settled an out of court suit anyway, but this is how it works.

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    1. Grue
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      The final quote of the article: The job reinvented itself. These guys were no longer all that qualified for the job and demanded high salaries for a position that no longer provided the value that...

      The final quote of the article:

      “It’s kind of hard to reinvent yourself at 60,” Ragazzo said, “when you’ve spent 30-plus years in a career.”

      The job reinvented itself. These guys were no longer all that qualified for the job and demanded high salaries for a position that no longer provided the value that it has in the past.

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