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Originally Posted by TussAgee11
If you are a lower-market franchise, why risk spending more on performance when there is no payout for it other than increased ticket sales, which will not drive up overall revenue since you had to pay players in order to get that attendance.
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You nailed it
Your aforementioned statement is the MAIN reason for the decline in attendance at baseball games. The length of games etc. is simply "window-dressing"
In order for baseball to draw more fans the System / economic models need to change. IMO, you cannot have a system where the owner of the team simply pockets the money and does NOT invest in the team. I realize the owner of the Pirates is making money BUT there should NOT even be a team in Pittsburgh it's STEELERS country.
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