An Illinois congressman hopes to score with a new bill in the Capitol designed to protect minor league ball players. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) announced the Fair Ball Act Wednesday to help players get paid more wages.

The Senator wants a safeguard in place against the salary gains players achieved under union representation from being rolled back in the future.

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) intends to introduce a new bill, named the Fair Ball Act, to "further protect minor league baseball players from previous legislation that exempted them from wage-and-hour laws,

According to the Senate Judiciary Committee, there is some legislation from Senator Dick Durbin that would roll back labor law exemptions enabling Major League Baseball to skirt federal wage and hour laws at the expense of unionized minor league players.

Dick Durbin plans to introduce the Fair Ball Act, a bill that would further protect minor league baseball players from previous legislation that exempted them from wage and hour laws, sources told ESPN on Wednesday.

Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin introduced a bill Wednesday that, if passed, would strengthen labor protections for minor league baseball players. The Fair Ball Act would make minor league players subject to minimum wage and overtime laws if players lacked a collective bargaining agreement. ESPN first reported news of the bill Wednesday.