Fixing MLB

[MrUmpire]

Originally Posted by TussAgee11

Parody in performance ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haHlFA_bDkI

[TussAgee11]

You know I could go back and edit it, but that would just take away from your wonderfully humorous observation. Well done my friend.

Parity.

[PeteBooth]

[QUOTE]

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.

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.

Pete booth

[MD Longhorn]

2 things... first, I direct you to the Texas Rangers payroll this year... (25M less than the Yankee infield alone).

Second, I agree that the revenue sharing must be fixed. Some sort of salary FLOOR needs to be in place, and teams should be FORCED to spend their revenue sharing money on NEW talent, or lose it.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

2 things... first, I direct you to the Texas Rangers payroll this year... (25M less than the Yankee infield alone).

Second, I agree that the revenue sharing must be fixed. Some sort of salary FLOOR needs to be in place, and teams should be FORCED to spend their revenue sharing money on NEW talent, or lose it.

There is a salary floor.

[grunewar]

World Series Game 5 beats Monday Night Football in ratings - Game On!: Covering the Latest Sports News

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by grunewar

World Series Game 5 beats Monday Night Football in ratings - Game On!: Covering the Latest Sports News

It was an elimination game. That is the way it is expected. Especially to the match-up the NFL had on this night.

Peace

[BSUmp16]

Whistles!! I think they should give Baseball umpires whistles! And flags! Not those namby-pamby yellow ones like the NFL, but bright red ones! Not sure how we'd use 'em, but certainly would make it more like Football, if that's the goal.

[greymule]

I think the pace of the game—the extra hour or so compared to the "old days"—is only a small part of the problem.

I suspect the key to the sagging interest in MLB is the answer to the question, Why does nobody really care who wins or loses? If you are deeply emotionally involved, the pace of the game becomes irrelevant.

People were certainly involved years ago—to the point of exhilaration and despair. I know I was. What happened since the days when the World Series would set records for TV audience?

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by greymule

People were certainly involved years ago—to the point of exhilaration and despair.

It was certainly true this year...at least for the Giants fans. After their record in the postseason, especially the 2002 World Series, to say we were on edge would be an understatement. That is but one reason why we've come to dub Giants baseball as torture.

[yawetag]

Originally Posted by greymule

What happened since the days when the World Series would set records for TV audience?

200 more channels were added to the lineup.