Game. They had to get themselves to d the game and t they had to buy their uniforms. Y t are you aware of how the players got paid . Oh, sure. The fortunate thing if you were playing for the kansas city monarchs, you are essentially y playing for the new york yankees of the negro league. Wilkin so wilkinson always paid his players. I have run into players over to years who told me that theyre t still waiting for their check from a game they played in 1928. But that wasnt the case with wilkinson. And rue foster as well. He kept immaculate records. Atse players made money playing in those games. Re those one of the reasons the bea monarchs were so successful bullet rogan was there until he retired. Newt allen was there from 1922 to 1946. The players came and they loved playing for j. L. Wilkinson, and they got paid well, and so theyo stayed. Money, butorked fheir they got paid well, and so d but, yeah, these werent pickups games. If they came toe abilene, theres going to be a promoter, a