I think they do. With A-Rod making $300 million, how much will a mega superstar make in 10 years? $500 million?? Players are making too much and the salaries are only going to go up. I think Selig needs to make a maximum salary like the NBA has so fans can afford to go to games in 10 years. If this doesn't happen games will be so expensive no one will be able to go. I know the MLBPA won't approve it, but Selig can you use a best interest of the game clause to institute it.
2007-12-07 05:49:17 · 5 answers · asked by Anthony D 3 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Blah, blah, blah, another "players are overpaid" question. You are argueing about simple economics. If fans are willing to pay $200 for box seats, guess what, teams are going to charge $200. If fans weren't willing to pay that much, then teams wouldn't make that much, if the teams didn't make that much, players wouldn't make $20+ million a year. Why do you want to cap salaries and punish players? They are simply negotiating a fair share of the BILLIONS of dollars of revenue that they help generate for the MLB and their respective teams. I've said this many times before, would you rather the players got paid $500,000 a year and the Steinbrenners got to pocket a billion dollars a year instead? Don't cry about the economics of the game and players' salary, they wouldn't be getting paid that much if they weren't generating that much revenue. Just watch the games and enjoy.
2007-12-07 06:01:08 · answer #1 · answered by suspendedagain300 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I've always felt that raising ticket prices because of play salaries was an excuse that owners use to generate a little extra revenue. I don't know the exact numbers but I'd be willing to bet that the teams make a vast majority of their dollars on ad revenue, whether that be through TV, radio, or stadium advertising.
Therefore, I wouldn't worry too much about player salary affecting ticket prices. As was said before, ticket prices will be determined by how much the fans are willing to pay, and not by the team payroll.
Furthermore, the Yankees and Red Sox are aberrations in this league. Until the two of them went crazy in the late 90s there was never really too big of an issue with payroll parity. If you want to lay blame one someone for escalating player wages, blame those two. Economics seem to play no part in their business model when it comes to maximizing profit.
2007-12-07 18:53:27 · answer #2 · answered by Benjamin S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Baseball desperelty needs a cap just like the NFL. Say cant spend over $100 million and cant spend under $50 million. It would add parody to a much needed top heavy sport. Plus they need to move Florida out to say either Nashville or Vegas, dump the D-Rays, get rid of Toronto as well, Canada has no room for American sports teams, and there u have it, a pure league
2007-12-07 14:06:54 · answer #3 · answered by cza227 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A mandated one? No.
MLB does have a maximum salary -- ARod's, if he ever signs the thing -- but there is no need to have a larger one prohibited.
Why even care? Don't like it, keep your wallet closed and your money away from baseball.
2007-12-07 14:14:43 · answer #4 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. America is a free market.
2007-12-07 14:20:54 · answer #5 · answered by Dodgerblue 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋