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Serious question.
With the salaries they pay their players, the low attendance, lack of popularity, etc. how do owners even make money? It doesn't make sense to me.
Votto getting 225 milion and some pitcher getting 127 million made me wonder. Baseball is the 3rd most popular sport in this country at best and MLB pays its players way more than the NFL or NBA does. Marlins home games have like 200 people in the stands. Other than the Yanks, Red Sox, Cubs, etc most other teams have terrible attendance too so they can't be making money off ticket sales. Other than the hardcore MLB fans the average person isn't that interested. Since nobody watches it they can't be making that much money on advertising.
Somebody break it down please.
With the salaries they pay their players, the low attendance, lack of popularity, etc. how do owners even make money? It doesn't make sense to me.
Votto getting 225 milion and some pitcher getting 127 million made me wonder. Baseball is the 3rd most popular sport in this country at best and MLB pays its players way more than the NFL or NBA does. Marlins home games have like 200 people in the stands. Other than the Yanks, Red Sox, Cubs, etc most other teams have terrible attendance too so they can't be making money off ticket sales. Other than the hardcore MLB fans the average person isn't that interested. Since nobody watches it they can't be making that much money on advertising.
Somebody break it down please.