pan6467

Show me a link that says that 27 teams showed profit. I'm sure some did. That's what you do in business, hopefully, is make profit. But I have a feeling these profits you talk of do not show the loans the owners have to pay.

Now, I will not disagree there are a few teams that when you add their attendance and the figures like I did for the Indians, the owners pocketed quite a nice sum. That may be one or 2. The rest are probably showing a profit that would not pay a premier player's salary. Plus, as the team spirals downward, attendance drops to where last year's profit has to be put into this year's operating funds. (Money for a rainy day, so to speak.)

If you show me a link where every one of these 27 teams made more than 10 million in profit, I'll reconsider my stance.

I used to believe it was owners not wanting to eat into their profits, but then I started to look at the numbers and did the math and most team (especially small market) have very little wiggle room and can't afford 100 million dollar salaries.

So, yes, I guess until you show me a link, I am saying MLB owners in small and some mid markets show minimal profit at best and that while 1 or 2 may field cheap ass teams to make money, the vast majority field what they can afford. Unfortunately, fielding what they can afford keeps them from truly fielding competitive teams year in and year out.

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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?"