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State labor laws put pinch on youth leagues.

Publication: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
Publication Date: 29-APR-02 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: State labor laws put pinch on youth leagues.(News)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Robert McCoppin Daily Herald Staff Writer

Twelve-year-old Jon Krausfeldt thought he would make a little money this summer umpiring youth baseball games - for $8 a game.

Krausfeldt even went to two weeks of training to get ready for the season in Lisle.

Then park district officials told him he could not be paid because he was too young.

Instead, he's willing to work as a volunteer for two years until he's 14, then get back pay for his efforts.

That's just one of the ways youth sports groups throughout the suburbs are trying to deal with a recent state crackdown on paying children to be umpires.

The Illinois Department of Labor cited the Darien Youth Club for violating child labor laws for paying children under 14. The...

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