Until the billionaire owners that print money from their teams every year in stadiums they made the cities subsidize accept that one season may not be the gigantic windfall every other season is, they’re screwed. Baseball was already losing fans every season, this was an incredible opportunity to be the only show in town and they could not let their greed go.
Agreed. Baseball should be getting a black eye on this. To me, it was the strike season and then cheapening the game during the steroid era that really hurt. But now this is at least not going to help them, but it should hurt MLB. It's ridiculous that they couldn't figure it out. Unemployment is sky high and people are in need of at home sports entertainment. It's summer time. And baseball cannot figure out a plan?
Time for the players to except the same reality of less money. If not instead of reduced pay. There is a very Good chance this gets worse and is carried over into their future earning power. This is what happens when you shut down the worlds greatest economy, everyone eventually is harmed economically. Once the spoiled millionaires expect the reality of a temporary pay cut. The faster they start recouping pay or future pay. They’re millionaires because of capitalism. Can’t wait to see these same players reactions after MLB adopts a Cuban Based pay system. RollingLaughPlayers Union ,you say, what is that?
The average franchise has increased in value 400% over the last decade according to Forbes. Pretty sure player salaries haven’t followed suit. Take a hit for a year and move on, not difficult to comprehend.
You gotta appreciate a guy who sides with billionaires by complaining about spoiled millionaires. Regarding your focus on the current economic **** show, I think you're missing the point that seems obvious to most. Baseball (owners) had a chance to capitalize on the situation by providing entertainment to a country (world, actually) where nothing else was going on. They must not believe they could grow their brand by being literally the only sports entertainment on tv because all they seem to be worried about is whether they lose money this year. Stupid.
If you’re not willing to pay for it then sell the team and make 4X your investment, none of these owners are hurting for day to day expenses and if they are then they can sell and make a killing. No one is making them hold onto the team. Not all investments perpetually make money.
I agree, I personally think they don’t realize how much they’re hurting the interest in their sport right now. If they had been proactive and created a plan to start July 1 or whatever and paid the players, their tv numbers would be through the roof. Maybe it makes business sense to drag this out but I have a feeling they’re going to regret a small short term loss to maintain and probably increase interest. Then again they’re billionaires so maybe they know what they’re doing, just seems like interest in baseball was already declining, I don’t think the casual fan (like me) is going to care nearly as much now that they missed their window.
I'm a die hard Twins fan but I'm at the point now that I'm not sure I'll watch if it does come back on TV.
Like seriously, he called the World Series trophy 'just a piece of metal.' That's the freekin' commissioner. Not some dork pretending he doesn't like baseball.
I think the issue is the owners want the players to play for less than their prorated salaries because of decreased game day revenue due to lack of ticket sales and food/drink revenue. Apparently not having the capability for full in-person attendance wasn't taken into account in the spring when the owners agreed to the prorated deal.