When baseball throughout American highschools and colleges are not croud-drawing sports, plus the added detail that there are 9 starters instead of five, with certain back-ups necessary each game? Does baseball really draw the numbers to pay a player like A-Rod, who requests a Michael Jordan-like contract, but who hasn't even come close to having that kind of impact on his respective sport? I'm at a loss for where this money comes from, especially when it looks as though basketball is now America's sport with football a close second.
2007-11-04 02:31:36 · 11 answers · asked by stormc2 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
TV money.
2007-11-04 02:34:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First off basketball is not even close to being america's sport. NOT EVEN CLOSE!!!!!! Football is by far Americas sport. It blows away basketball! Baskeball isnt even 2nd baseballl is. And baseball teams can pay these players this money because they have the most home games each year, 81. Compaired to footballs 8 and basketballs 41. People love baseball. If a team signs a big player more people will come to the games. Plus they will gain money from the products that player sells like jerseys hats ect.
2007-11-04 10:55:39 · answer #2 · answered by rach_campo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ball players play twice as many games as hockey and basketball players and ten times as many games as football players. baseball stadiums hold usually 12-25 thousand more fans than hockey and basketball. football stadiums are only slightly larger than most baseball stadiums and they only have to sell out 8 games.
if basketball is so popular, why was last years finals the lowest rated finals in NBA history? every year for the last 4 years the finals have been on a decline. only the world cup has more viewers than the NFL superbowl.. this year more fans than any year past in the history of baseball went to games.
and finally, michael jordan never made the kind of money from the bulls as arod made from the rangers and yankees.
2007-11-04 11:59:46 · answer #3 · answered by joe 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Players can ask for huge contracts because MLB income and team value increases every year.
Its a Billion dollar industry and the players are the talent, that we pay to see.
If I contribute to an organization that makes 100's of Millions every year I want a piece of the pie.
Why does Tom Cruise make $25mil+ a movie?
2007-11-08 09:41:01 · answer #4 · answered by Big Ed 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they can request because there are teams out there that are willing to pay any price for a player. the market drives the price of the players value up.
2007-11-04 11:15:26 · answer #5 · answered by pauly 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
TV Money
Baseball owners run up TV money. TV Stations run up cable royalty fees and advertisement fees.
Companies who paid advertisement fees run up prices on their consumer goods. Cable companies run up your subscription fees.
So the bottom line is, you are paying for it and they know they can make you pay for it.
2007-11-04 11:20:15 · answer #6 · answered by jasonpickles 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The money is there, and the smart agents and the MLBPA know it.
2007-11-04 11:26:05 · answer #7 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because the make people money.
2007-11-04 10:38:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's messed up in my opinion.
2007-11-04 10:35:54 · answer #9 · answered by JDB 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One word: MONEY ($$$)
2007-11-04 10:50:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋