re: Rob Manfred, MLBPA have discussed 154 game season

Posted on 7/25/16 at 2:01 pm to WallEazyE

Posted by barry

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Posted on 7/25/16 at 2:01 pm to WallEazyE

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. "I don't agree that there would need to be a discussion about a loss of salary or a rollback of salaries," Clark said, according to the AP. "If there is a lessening of the games and we put players in the position where playing whatever number of games are in that season, they're able to play, the value of every game goes up as well."

Have to love union logic

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Posted by WallEazyE

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Posted on 7/25/16 at 2:03 pm to barry

I know right. He says don't increase ticket prices but we will keep salary the same. That said if any union can pull it off it will be the MLBPA

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Posted by CubsFanBudMan

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Posted on 7/25/16 at 3:55 pm to barry

There is some truth to it. If XYZ is the official ____ of MLB, and the length of the season doesn't change, would XYZ start paying less to to be the official sponsor? ESPN would still have the same number of Monday night games, Tuesday night Games, Sunday night games, etc. ESPN wouldn't pay less for their broadcast rights.

The question would be, what percentage of revenue is derived from ticket sales, concessions, and local broadcast rights? A team would have 4 less home games. We know those extra days off wouldn't fall on a weekend. Assuming 30,000 fans spend $50 each, that's a loss of $6M per team in gross revenue.

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