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Originally Posted by Buckeyeskickbuttocks
3) As is his perrogative as owner. You see it in the NBA as well, notably the Clippers.
The NBA has a minimum cap that teams need to reach. It keeps drones like Donald Sterling from keeping all the money for himself. Maybe that would be a great idea for baseball. It would weed out the owners that are in it for the money only, not to compete or win championships.
The min/max seems to have worked great for the NHL too. Maybe MLB can get out from under their rock and realize that, maybe not.
I don't buy this "harder to fill out" business. I just don't. Cincy is a big enough place, and Northern KY is also big enough, and close enough, that if the Reds marketed better, and had a owner who wanted to "win at all costs" as it were, they'd fill up GAB every home date. If they wanted to sell TV rights, they'd do just fine.
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NYC is the biggest tv market in the country. Advertising and rights are infinitely higher in NYC than in Cinci, Cleve, Minn, Pittsburgh. I don't think home attendance is an issue. Allot of teams draw nearly as well as the Yankees (not on the road though).
The local tv is what separates the Yanks from the rest. As much as I don't like them though, there is no way they should have to share that money.
Sorry for that size issue.!!!!