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<blockquote data-quote="bdutts" data-source="post: 1725125" data-attributes="member: 29"><p>I'm not trying to say anything more than I need more data before I agree that baseball is a "superb" business. It very well may be, but I need more than one data point to determine that. To me, it's like saying that the Covid vaccine is effective because only 20% of the people who get it end up in the hospital. While it sounds great, what is the % of people that end up in the hospital who don't get the vaccine? If it's 20%, then the vaccine isn't effective at all. EDIT: if a majority of the MLB teams are like the Braves in their balance sheets, then I'd agree 100% that MLB is a superb business.</p><p></p><p>Like was said by you, me and others, the books are closed so we will never know how "superb" a business baseball really is. Do I think teams lose money? I doubt it but I'm not sure how much they'd be making. I think there should be no floor, no cap, no luxury tax. If the Dodgers want to spend 500M on payroll while the A's only spend 80M, I am good with that. Let each team set their own budget. If it results in contraction of some teams in the league, that's fine by me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bdutts, post: 1725125, member: 29"] I'm not trying to say anything more than I need more data before I agree that baseball is a "superb" business. It very well may be, but I need more than one data point to determine that. To me, it's like saying that the Covid vaccine is effective because only 20% of the people who get it end up in the hospital. While it sounds great, what is the % of people that end up in the hospital who don't get the vaccine? If it's 20%, then the vaccine isn't effective at all. EDIT: if a majority of the MLB teams are like the Braves in their balance sheets, then I'd agree 100% that MLB is a superb business. Like was said by you, me and others, the books are closed so we will never know how "superb" a business baseball really is. Do I think teams lose money? I doubt it but I'm not sure how much they'd be making. I think there should be no floor, no cap, no luxury tax. If the Dodgers want to spend 500M on payroll while the A's only spend 80M, I am good with that. Let each team set their own budget. If it results in contraction of some teams in the league, that's fine by me. [/QUOTE]
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