Something I just cant figure, baseball players earn a fortune but most of the games play to tiny crowds, sure a couple of exceptions, other sports where the salaries are huge play to full stadiums, without TV money baseball players would earn a tiny fraction of what they are paid, so my question is...
since people basically dont go to live baseball games, perhaps they have no interest, so why do the TV companies pay a fortune to show a sport that people dont want to see?..based on the fact most games play to tiny crowds...I said most not all, NYY and perhaps another couple are an exception.
2007-11-15 04:12:13 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
MLB's total gate attendance in 2007 (regular season) was 79.5 million, a new record.
Not every game looks like a Pirate at Marlins Tuesday matinee.
2007-11-15 04:46:37 · answer #1 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its free market driven. Obviously, people DO want to see baseball games on television. Many teams fill 50,000 seat stadiums every weekend. Baseball attendance is at an all time high, thats a fact, you can look it up. If there was no interest people wouldn't watch on TV, advertisers wouldn't spend money on commercials and baseball would basically go off TV just like Hockey. So the interest IS there.
2007-11-15 13:10:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋