Rochester Soccer Team Bails Out due to WC Costs

Workers’ compensation costs for the Rochester Lancers have forced the team's president to call it quits after its $20,000 policy shot up over 1,300% to $277,000 per year, according to the local paper the Democrat & Chronicle.  The Lancers, an indoor soccer team that broke attendance records in its first year with over 10,000 fans attending a single game, had issues last season between the team and lease issues, but Lancers President and Chief Executive Officer Salvatore Fantauzzo was talked into another season.  Now, the exorbitant insurance cost, which is over t...