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Originally Posted by jaymoney
Truth hurts I guess, Ok I guess they also make up there numbers and only yours are to be considered the truth in that let's just agree to disagree cause we both not going to convince one another.
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No, as far as the numbers go, since none of the teams open their books everything's a guess. I'd say the numbers probably lie somewhere in between.
The point is, there aren't many teams that can support a 100 million dollar payroll and that is going to go up because players are always going to want more. Most cities can't raise ticket prices beyond the fan base's means. So, that revenue is pretty much set. The disparity in the league is getting worse. When a team like the Indians has to trade away 2 Cy Young winners because they can't afford to keep them, something is wrong with the system.
I just don't believe it's the owner trying to make money so he won't pay the players. If the Indians were financially able to keep C C and Lee, not to mention Martinez, they would have been able to field a very competitive team, which would have increased attendance, merchandise sales, concessions and so on. They would have made far more money. Economic reality, they could not pay either. This means attendance goes down, merchandise sales go down, concession sales go down. Thus, they don't make as much and every year gets worse.
Given the above paragraph, me personally, can see that baseball must be in serious trouble. You see it differently. And I agree, neither of us will change the others mind.