There's a very simple way of fixing the problem... everything with an MLB label or MLB approved (Tickets, ALL TV revenue, merchandise, radio, ad revenue, etc) goes into a pot and gets evenly distributed. You put a hard salary cap on the teams with the only exceptions being similar to the NBA's "Bird Exemption" or the NFL's "Franchise Player" exemption.
The only teams that will lobby against this would be the Yankees and maybe the Bosox. The MLBPA of course will fight it, probably strike but if they do not do this teams are going to go bankrupt, owners will sell for losses (lowering the value of teams not only in MLB but in all sports), teams will move and MLB will probably have Congress studying and threatening to revoke their coveted anti-trust exemption.
People may argue and say that's gloom and doom but right now I have a feeling if the books were made public we'd see MLB propping up several teams keeping them alive.
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I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"
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