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MLB media rights are almost all local though. It's the

Posted on: January 22, 2025 at 13:44:06 CT
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underlying problem. The Royals have local broadcast revenue in the $20M - $40M range. I cannot quickly find the exact amount.

Compare that the the Dodgers, Yankees & Mets who have deals worth 10x that. Those teams can pay one or two players more than the Royals can their entire roster.

For those that say the owners should just open their checkbooks and pay more for a competitive team that's simply stupid. Businessmen who can pay hundreds of millions for a sports franchise did not get rich by constantly bleeding money. Even if they chose to do so like Ewing Kauffman did his last few years it is not sustainable. Finally, why should they have to lose millions of dollars to compete with the 'haves' that are playing in the exact same league.

The NFL realized sixty years ago that they are marketing the competition, not the teams. Yes, some NFL teams are naturally worth more than others but a well run franchise can compete every year in the NFL. That is not true in MLB.
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MLB will have to do something like this or it's going to - tgr MU - 1/22 12:10:06
     baseball should have a max salary of 25k/year - Columbian Gold MU - 1/22 14:41:00
     MLB is awful and they don't care(nm) - TigerFan92 STL - 1/22 13:59:52
     The only way they can "fix" baseball is to have a hard core - alwaysright MU - 1/22 13:42:28
     The damn union is part of the problem. (nm) - Erwin Fletcher STL - 1/22 13:15:37
          The damn union is THE problem. (nm) - alwaysright MU - 1/22 16:14:54
     Revenue sharing will be necessary if there's a floor(nm) - CulturedDan MU - 1/22 12:22:02
          Not just revenue sharing, but controlling of the - kmawv8 MU - 1/22 12:59:53
               MLB media rights are almost all local though. It's the - DHighlander NWMSU - 1/22 13:44:06
               that's what I meant by revenue sharing. - CulturedDan MU - 1/22 13:41:21
          They already do revenue sharing.(nm) - Carlos Rossi KC - 1/22 12:47:47
               Full TV(nm) - CulturedDan MU - 1/22 13:19:36
               Ok, and floors? - SatoriTiger JC - 1/22 13:12:27
                    recently cleaned(nm) - Erwin Fletcher STL - 1/22 13:19:45
                         Can't beat that (nm) - SatoriTiger JC - 1/22 13:21:25
     What does everyone think about deferred money? - MidMoBaller4Life MU - 1/22 12:19:32
          I'd gladly pay you Tuesday - SwampTiger MU - 1/22 12:52:25
          I think I have pretty much zero thoughts on it. I guess - Lt. J. Dangle MU - 1/22 12:22:14
          Hard to understand your post with that accent. - CulturedDan MU - 1/22 12:21:30
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          That's not the root cause of the problem. - kmawv8 MU - 1/22 12:54:57




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