Question to the board.....

[Rick2583]

The money MANY of these players in the mediocre category are making is OBSCENE.
I mean, we're talking about tens and tens of millions of dollars for players who aren't much more than roster fillers/ "roll players".

lmao...I guess it isn't "obscene" if It were me.
BUT- trust me, I can make it on less than 5-30 million per year. lol


I would lean towards promoting "my" better young minor league players much sooner than later and keep my payroll down.

Something has to change soon otherwise 20 years from now fans won't be able to afford the games & because of that owners won't be able to afford the players etc etc.

 

[totus44]

To be fair....fans in the stands arent paying for players, that money pays staff and facilities. Media revenue pays players. And salaries need to be thought of in terms of a share of the profits.

 

[yankeesince59]

...^^^yup, some of the TV deals made recently by other teams, dwarf the ones made by the Yanx a few years back.

 

[blgridesagain]

To be fair....fans in the stands arent paying for players, that money pays staff and facilities. Media revenue pays players. And salaries need to be thought of in terms of a share of the profits.

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yup. I hear ya.





...^^^yup, some of the TV deals made recently by other teams, dwarf the ones made by the Yanx a few years back.
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Yep, like the Dodgers and Angels?

 

[yankeesince59]

To be fair....fans in the stands arent paying for players, that money pays staff and facilities. Media revenue pays players. And salaries need to be thought of in terms of a share of the profits.




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yup. I hear ya.





...^^^yup, some of the TV deals made recently by other teams, dwarf the ones made by the Yanx a few years back.
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Yep, like the Dodgers and Angels?

...the Rangers also got a huge deal...Seattle too, I think.

 

[blgridesagain]

...the Rangers also got a huge deal...Seattle too, I think.

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The Yankees are getting out Yankeed.

 

[BrianFromWA]

Nah, it's more that people are starting to realize the huge benefit you got from YES network and are going "why not us?"

 

[totus44]

Nah, it's more that people are starting to realize the huge benefit you got from YES network and are going "why not us?"

The Boss was savvy businessman. And he did it as a long term investment, building a brand.

 

[Mattingly23NY]

To be fair....fans in the stands arent paying for players, that money pays staff and facilities. Media revenue pays players. And salaries need to be thought of in terms of a share of the profits.

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yup. I hear ya.





...^^^yup, some of the TV deals made recently by other teams, dwarf the ones made by the Yanx a few years back.
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Yep, like the Dodgers and Angels?

Indeed the Bums will get 8.6 Billion over the next 20 years....the Bums got approximately $233 Mil this year alone from TWB-Cable, now I'm hearing Comcast is making a move to buy out TWB-C...WTF....that leaves Guggenheim with but approx 30 Mil a year to pay out of pocket, yet Guggy has tons of "other" revenues too....I said prior to the season starting the Bums deal, will destroy MLB, in many ways, when *already*, deep pocket teams get these kind of disgustingly rich TV deals....! A Team with deep pockets and yearly TV revenues in the quarter a billion makr, can and will change the face of baseball, esp: Free Agents....