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Post by w6602876 on Dec 24, 2008 10:33:40 GMT -5
Huh? The Luxury Tax in MLB is a joke man. 26.9 mil from the Yankees and 1.3 mil from the Tigers? That is it. Is baseball a buisness? yes or no If you answered yes then... What is the goal of a buisness? To make money or to lose money? If you answered "to make money" then..... What in the world does it matter how much a person started with? The goal is to make money. If he pocketed 4.4 billion in profits then we'd have something to talk about. His bank account has nothing to do with this though. Gross - Costs = Profits. Seeing that all major league team owners are partners those numbers should all be even. The Yankees might gross more, however if they didn't have any partners they would not gross a damn thing. It should be an even playing field like every other sport. How can you blame the yankees for spending money, these people HAVE more money than the yankee partnership. Go whine to the those teams for not spending money. |
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Post by duceisinmyheart on Dec 24, 2008 13:14:04 GMT -5
Baseball is now a distant second in popularity followed by college football and auto racing
Professional football continues to surge in popularity as one-third (33%) of U.S. adults who follow at least one sport say it is their favorite sport. This is up three points from last year. Baseball slips slightly again this year, dropping to 14 percent, down one point from last year. Coming close on the heels of baseball is college football (13%) followed by auto racing (11%). While both of these have seen a rise in the past year, racing is up four points this year, most likely as a result of NASCAR’s increasing popularity.
These are the results of a nationwide Harris Interactive® survey conducted online between December 8 and 14, 2005 among 1,961 U.S. adults, of whom 1,402 follow at least one sport.
In the past 20 years, professional football and baseball have seen the most dramatic changes in popularity. Since 1985, professional football has risen nine points in popularity (from 24% to 33%), while baseball has dropped the same amount (23% to 14%). The next largest change in popularity is in auto racing, which has risen six points since 1985, from five to 11 percent. Men’s tennis has seen a drop in popularity of four points in this same time period down to one percent from five percent in 1985.
Demographic variations
The survey also finds some sizable differences between different segments of the population. Pro football is most popular among African Americans (47%), those with household incomes of $50,000 to under $75,000 (41%) and $35,000 to under $50,000 (40%), and among Generation X (those aged 28 to 39) (39%). Those with a post graduate education are least likely (23%) to call professional football their favorite sport.
Baseball does best among Hispanics (20%) and Echo Boomers (those aged 18–27) (21%). African Americans are least likely to say baseball is their favorite sport (6%).
College football is particularly popular among Republicans and those with post graduate degrees (both 20%). Five percent of those with household incomes of less than $15,000 cite professional football as their favorite sport.
Auto racing (which includes NASCAR) is most popular among those with a high school education or less (19%) and Baby Boomers (15%), while it fares worst among those with a post graduate degree (2%) and Generation X (4%).
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Post by DB on Dec 24, 2008 16:28:17 GMT -5
Baseball ratings have been horrible recently. The world series used to be as big as the Super Bowl. Ratings wise : NFL NCAA-F MLB NBA/NCAA-B Keep in mind that this is for postseason. MLB used to get 3 to 4 times more ratings than the NBA and NCAA-B now they get about 20-30% higher ratings. And MLB is going down and the two basketballs are going up. There are the facts. hahaha. This proves my point even more. When the yankees, Red soxs, Mets are in the world series they had the highest ratings in WS ever. Especially in the 2000 Subway WS. You say the yankees are bad for baseball? The yankees are great for baseball. Everyone is tuning in to see them lose (they hate them) or win ( they love them). |
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Post by jahallstar on Dec 24, 2008 17:12:07 GMT -5
Wow getting bad info buddy.
The 2000 World series was the highest rated world series ever......ONLY IN NEW YORK CITY!
1980 Phillies vs Royals
--Rating 32.8
1990 Reds vs A's
-- Rating 20.8
2000 Yankees vs Mets
-- Rating 12.4
2007 Red Sox vs Rockies
-- Rating 10.6
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Post by Ducky on Dec 24, 2008 17:47:39 GMT -5
"College football is particularly popular among Republicans and those with post graduate degrees (both 20%). Five percent of those with household incomes of less than $15,000 cite professional football as their favorite sport."
lol odd stat. Probably lots of Southerners.
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Post by DB on Dec 24, 2008 17:55:47 GMT -5
Wow getting bad info buddy. The 2000 World series was the highest rated world series ever......ONLY IN NEW YORK CITY! 1980 Phillies vs Royals --Rating 32.8 1990 Reds vs A's -- Rating 20.8 2000 Yankees vs Mets -- Rating 12.4 2007 Red Sox vs Rockies -- Rating 10.6 give me a link. |
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Post by duceisinmyheart on Dec 24, 2008 19:04:59 GMT -5
Wow getting bad info buddy. The 2000 World series was the highest rated world series ever......ONLY IN NEW YORK CITY! 1980 Phillies vs Royals --Rating 32.8 1990 Reds vs A's -- Rating 20.8 2000 Yankees vs Mets -- Rating 12.4 2007 Red Sox vs Rockies -- Rating 10.6 give me a link. Jah is right... I gave a whole shitload of stats to back his point. www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/wstv.shtmland that's more for you. |
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Post by duceisinmyheart on Dec 24, 2008 19:07:12 GMT -5
Baseball ratings have been horrible recently. The world series used to be as big as the Super Bowl. Ratings wise : NFL NCAA-F MLB NBA/NCAA-B Keep in mind that this is for postseason. MLB used to get 3 to 4 times more ratings than the NBA and NCAA-B now they get about 20-30% higher ratings. And MLB is going down and the two basketballs are going up. There are the facts. hahaha. This proves my point even more. When the yankees, Red soxs, Mets are in the world series they had the highest ratings in WS ever. Especially in the 2000 Subway WS. You say the yankees are bad for baseball? The yankees are great for baseball. Everyone is tuning in to see them lose (they hate them) or win ( they love them). LMAO it's kind of funny that you say that because the 2000 subway series was one of the lowest rated of the 2000's hahahhahaha |
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Post by DB on Dec 24, 2008 22:28:22 GMT -5
hahaha. This proves my point even more. When the yankees, Red soxs, Mets are in the world series they had the highest ratings in WS ever. Especially in the 2000 Subway WS. You say the yankees are bad for baseball? The yankees are great for baseball. Everyone is tuning in to see them lose (they hate them) or win ( they love them). LMAO it's kind of funny that you say that because the 2000 subway series was one of the lowest rated of the 2000's hahahhahaha its the 4th highest of all the series up to 2008 in 2000 and beyond. |
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Post by DB on Dec 24, 2008 22:30:23 GMT -5
Ratings are going down but the sport is not dying like Jah said earlier. It is still better than a lot of sports. Football in general is very popular because of the hitting aspect, etc, and baseball is more laid back. People these days do not have patience for a slow paced baseball game.
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Post by jahallstar on Dec 25, 2008 23:09:07 GMT -5
Every other sport is played on an even playing field. The Green Bay Packers would have no shot in hell in MLB. Kids cannot follow their favorite player on their hometown team anymore. Other sports have free agency...however for the most part there is a great deal of stability. There is a cap to prevent a few teams from buying all the players.
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Post by duceisinmyheart on Dec 26, 2008 9:25:25 GMT -5
LMAO it's kind of funny that you say that because the 2000 subway series was one of the lowest rated of the 2000's hahahhahaha its the 4th highest of all the series up to 2008 in 2000 and beyond. What is this the glass half full instead of half empty shit? Jah just proved you WRONG. Now stfu. |
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Post by duceisinmyheart on Dec 26, 2008 9:26:28 GMT -5
Ratings are going down but the sport is not dying like Jah said earlier. It is still better than a lot of sports. Football in general is very popular because of the hitting aspect, etc, and baseball is more laid back. People these days do not have patience for a slow paced baseball game. "People these days do not have patience for a slow paced baseball game." i.e. it is dying. Baseball sucks, which is why it's only really popular in what, 3 or 4 countrieS? |
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Post by DB on Dec 26, 2008 12:44:48 GMT -5
Ratings are going down but the sport is not dying like Jah said earlier. It is still better than a lot of sports. Football in general is very popular because of the hitting aspect, etc, and baseball is more laid back. People these days do not have patience for a slow paced baseball game. "People these days do not have patience for a slow paced baseball game." i.e. it is dying. Baseball sucks, which is why it's only really popular in what, 3 or 4 countrieS? Baseball doesn't suck, you may not like it or watch it, but it doesn't suck. |
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Post by allstar0608 on Dec 26, 2008 13:14:51 GMT -5
Baseball ratings have been horrible recently. The world series used to be as big as the Super Bowl. Ratings wise : NFL NCAA-F MLB NBA/NCAA-B Keep in mind that this is for postseason. MLB used to get 3 to 4 times more ratings than the NBA and NCAA-B now they get about 20-30% higher ratings. And MLB is going down and the two basketballs are going up. There are the facts. hahaha. This proves my point even more. When the yankees, Red soxs, Mets are in the world series they had the highest ratings in WS ever. Especially in the 2000 Subway WS. You say the yankees are bad for baseball? The yankees are great for baseball. Everyone is tuning in to see them lose (they hate them) or win ( they love them). no and no. not at all. |
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