Millions of people are out of a job across the country because of the coronavirus crisis, and many who work on Fox Sports Midwest’s Blues and Cardinals telecasts are suffering that financial pain.
The list of those not being paid stretches from big names in the broadcast booth through those in the production truck to the relatively anonymous folks who put the sights and sounds of the games on the air. That’s just about everybody associated with FSM’s home-game telecasts, those outside its office staff.
There are only a few exceptions as the vast majority of FSM’s game-day workers are freelancers/independent contractors who are paid by the contest, an average of about 35 such workers for Blues and Cardinals home games.