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thunderGunXprezz t1_iz2f8mo wrote

I will never understand how these teams make enough money to pay these salaries. The stadiums are half empty for 80% of the season and nobody watches commercials. I just don't get it. I don't know why they get the TV contacts they do. It makes no sense at all.

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ftwin t1_iz2vhu5 wrote

TV deals and their owners are billionaires

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thunderGunXprezz t1_iz3bl7x wrote

Correct. But I guess my point is, neither of those 2 entities ever do anything that loses money. Owners don't own teams for the love of the game, they do it for profit. I just don't understand why anyone actually pays for this shit. I mean, I'll watch a high school or college baseball game, but I'm not gonna pay more than $25 a ticket to go watch an MLB game in the middle of June. Especially when I'd spend another $100+ on parking, food, drinks etc. And apparently not many other people do either. So again, I don't understand why they get the TV deals in the first place. Nobody cares about literally 3/4 the season.

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ftwin t1_iz3btay wrote

Well that’s just not true. There are a lot of baseball fans out there. Also that contract is over 11 years so it’s not really that crazy YoY.

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Joe18067 t1_iz48yfg wrote

And yet they require governments to cough up money to upgrade their minor league stadiums or lose their franchises. Corporate welfare at its finest.

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