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Originally Posted by TribeFanInNC
1) Because it doesn't matter how much they spend, the top 10 will still be the top 10. The Royals and Nationals and Pirates are still only going to spend $50mil (or less) no matter what. The Players Union will never allow the cap to be so low to bring the rest of the field into play (I'm not all that sure they would agree to any cap).
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The NFL also has a cap floor, a minimum salary cap. Both the floor and ceiling are determined by a complex formula which evaluate overall league revenue.
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2) I think some of the ratings are misleading. The World Series' over the last five years have been not been compelling matchups. No Game 6s since 2003. The last good matchup was probably Yankees-DBacks in 2001. Also any comparison using pre and post 1994 data is invalid; it was obvious MLB shot themselves in the foot then. There is no question MLB popularity is probably down and far less than NFL.
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How do you explain the little league numbers going down? And the All-Star game ratings roughly on par with the WS games declining.
I can see it in real life at my job. I'm sure everyone can unless they live in Boston or New York or similar. Heck, I'm in the army, where the demographics (Aged 18 to 45 year old males) should contain a ton of baseball fans. But most could care less they days about baseball.
But I work with people from all over the states. The people from NY, Boston, Chicago, Atlanta and Philly are usually pretty interested in baseball. These are all huge markets. But overall, when a baseball game is on the tube at work its likely to get a majority of people pleading to change the channel. Not so with other sports.