re: Why do the Marlins never Spend?

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an absolute POS but he did give Stanton the biggest contract in baseball history. They have historically preferred to go with younger players within the organization and force them into arbitration until they become unrestricted FAs.

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I heard somewhere (maybe on Lebatard a while back) that basically the regional fox sports network pressured them to sign Stanton because a new broadcasting deal was being negotiated.

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I don't understand the grouping of cities together like this.

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that's how the the big media industry break down media markets.

it has to do w/the broadcast airwaves and where all TV and radio stations are able to/are allowed to reach.

wiki actually lays it out pretty well

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A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area (DMA), television market area, or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same (or similar) television and radio station offerings, and may also include other types of media including newspapers and Internet content. They can coincide or overlap with 1 or more metropolitan areas, though rural regions with few significant population centers can also be designated as markets. Conversely, very large metropolitan areas can sometimes be subdivided into multiple segments. Market regions may overlap, meaning that people residing on the edge of one media market may be able to receive content from other nearby markets. They are widely used in audience measurements, which are compiled in the United States by Nielsen Media Research. Nielsen measures both television and radio audiences since its acquisition of Arbitron, which was completed in September 2013.

Markets are identified by the largest city, which are usually located in the center of the market region. However, geography and the fact that some metropolitan areas have large cities separated by some distance can make markets have unusual shapes and result in two, three, or more names being used to identify a single region (such as Wichita-Hutchinson, Kansas; Chico-Redding, California; Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York; and Harrisburg-Lebanon-Lancaster-York, Pennsylvania).

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LINK

this second link breaks down the approximate sizes of the various tv markets

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So Tampa- St. Pete is a bigger DMA than Miami- Ft. Lauderdale due to the areas and TV stations that are included.

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Tampa-St. Petersburg-Sarasota - 4,448,792

Citrus, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota, Sumter

WFLA-TV (NBC), WFTS-TV (ABC), WTSP (CBS), WTVT (Fox), and WWSB (ABC)

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Miami-Fort Lauderdale - 4,356,731

Broward, Collier (part), Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe

WFOR-TV (CBS), WPLG (ABC), WSVN (Fox), and WTVJ (NBC)

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They have a brand new ballpark

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The taxpayers wanted nothing to do with. Especially since it involved demolishing the Orange Bowl.

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Don't be blinded by the jazz hands and sparklers. The first 3 years are for $30 million and then the contracts balloons. This is business as usual for that snake. Stanton will be gone by the time it escalates.

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I'm not blind. I know it's backloaded but the contract is still $325 million - fully guaranteed. $30 millon from 2015-2017, then $77 million from 2018-20. Stanton can opt out of the remaining $218 million over 7 years (2021-2027). That's not business as usual for Loria.....well at least not until he trades Stanton after the 2017 season. At least he gets a few more seasons out of Stanton than he got from Miguel Cabrera. He couldn't wait to get rid of Miggy after Cabrera won his arbitration hearing every year.

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That all goes out the window when he cries poor and gets public money for his stadium.

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if the voters gave him the money, then it's the stupid people's fault. if the city council gave him the money, the people need to elect new council members.