definitely more of a football town now, but the current front office of the Royals loves suck any energy or love of baseball from its fanbase.
I know, they are a pocket the cash team.
And a great football player too. Could have been an NFL player as a punter if not qb.
That would do more harm. No draft and no o revenue sharing means the large market teams would draft/sign every available talent. They have the resources to field 100 minor league teams each if they wanted. They would play the number games and 50% of baseball teams would go belly up and the league would contract
You can't equate wealth to the business operations. The red Sox make more gate money, more concession money and make more from their regional sports network. They make more money as a business thus have a higher payroll. Not everyone worth billions is liquid you have no clue what other ventures they have. You have to run the business based on its metrics
I was going to write something similar.
That's not true at all. In a free labor market the price goes up and no teams would be willing and able to sign "every available talent". And to say "they have the resources to field 100 minor league teams each" is just silly. Teams are trying to reduce the number of players they have in development, not add to it. And to say the end of the draft would result in "50% of baseball teams would go[ing] belly up" is just ridiculous.
While an exaggeration it's not far off. You're understanding of the economic of baseball are extremely skewed. For instance when the Royals play at the Yankees the Royals get 0% share of any money from that series including the YES broadcast. There is no revenue sharing the large market teams are at such an advantage it's a parody of parity
Aren't they all? Tom Brady was and is an anomaly. Now the Patriots have a bandwagon following around the world.
To this point: my best friend’s younger son was drafted out of high school four years ago in the fifth round. He had several full scholarship offers to very good schools and accepted one to University of Hawaii (he had offers from better schools, but not necessarily better baseball schools—and no better locations!). Also very good bloodlines and all he really wanted to do was play baseball; otherwise he would want to be a firefighter (seriously). Older brother started four years as third baseman for an Ivy League school and both parents are great athletes and baseball nuts. Before the draft he told his parents that he didn’t want to enroll at UHawaii even if he wasn’t drafted very high because that would limit his ability to enter the draft the following year; whereas if he went JUCO he could reenter immediately. Broke my buddy‘s heart at the time and we spent a lot of time discussing it. But once he was drafted in the fifth round it made it a no-brainer. I think his slot was around $300k.
I was going by draft slot but I appreciate the feedback
Good for your friend and his son, but that’s sort of the point. In his case, he didn’t want college for college’s sake. So if you’re offered a few hundred grand to do what you wanted anyway, and you’re happy to be a fireman if baseball doesn’t work, he made the right decision for him. For someone whose back up plan is to be a doctor or an investment banker, it would take more money for it to be a good choice.