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https://totallytigers.wordpress.com/2019/01/09/partnerships-over-product/
PARTNERSHIPS OVER PRODUCT.
Totally Tigers
This past Monday, MLB announced that they set another yearly record for revenues. Obviously, it makes MLB very happy as well as the 30 shareholders who get to claim a piece of this pot.
But the news isn?t making baseball players thrilled. And when fans find out the real story, it?s not going to make them happy at all.
You see, these revenues aren?t coming from what is actually happening on the field. It?s coming from products, not play.
The reality is that baseball attendance fell last year. The sport is losing its grip on fans and fewer are showing up for games. Don?t believe the spin about it being due to the bad weather.
MLB players are finding that the gap between their share of the profits and what owners receive is only widening. And this gap is big enough that it may eventually end up creating a work stoppage after the 2021 season when the current CBA expires.
But let?s start at the beginning, shall we? Because the entire world of baseball finance is about to turn fans on their heads.....
PARTNERSHIPS OVER PRODUCT.
Totally Tigers
This past Monday, MLB announced that they set another yearly record for revenues. Obviously, it makes MLB very happy as well as the 30 shareholders who get to claim a piece of this pot.
But the news isn?t making baseball players thrilled. And when fans find out the real story, it?s not going to make them happy at all.
You see, these revenues aren?t coming from what is actually happening on the field. It?s coming from products, not play.
The reality is that baseball attendance fell last year. The sport is losing its grip on fans and fewer are showing up for games. Don?t believe the spin about it being due to the bad weather.
MLB players are finding that the gap between their share of the profits and what owners receive is only widening. And this gap is big enough that it may eventually end up creating a work stoppage after the 2021 season when the current CBA expires.
But let?s start at the beginning, shall we? Because the entire world of baseball finance is about to turn fans on their heads.....
