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Topic: ~2021 MLB Thread~

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ELA

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Re: ~2021 MLB Thread~
« Reply #434 on: November 04, 2021, 10:44:12 AM »
I don't particularly want to see it expanded any farther, but I think every postseason needs to be about entertainment. We generally know who the best team is, and don't need a playoff to tell us that. If that's the right you want to go, that's fine, but it's still an entertainment product, and I don't like the idea of 22 team fan bases having nothing to care about by the midpoint of the season, because they are going to finish with the best record

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« Reply #435 on: November 04, 2021, 11:01:32 AM »
I like how disgust for me aligns everyone on the obvious wrong side of the debate.  It's adorbs.
No need to make it personal. I don't think anyone's opinion on playoffs has anything to do with you. 

The better way to think of this is that your preferences are different than those of "the masses", who are more interested in playoffs than you are. I know your opinion of "the masses" is not high, and I certainly share that with you, but the reason they have playoffs is that fans watch them. Simple as that.

It may not be your ideal, but you're an outlier.

Nothing wrong with being an outlier, but understand that there may not be a "wrong" or "right" side of this debate. There is a "popular" and "unpopular" side of this debate, and given that the popular side ALSO happens to generate ratings and $$$$$, and you can pretty well predict what's gonna happen. 

There are a lot of popular things I'm not the least bit interested in, such as MLB, "The Bachelor/ette", and light beer. So I don't partake of those things (except the occasional light beer if it's all that's available, of course).

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Re: ~2021 MLB Thread~
« Reply #436 on: November 04, 2021, 11:12:42 AM »
Fan interest = $$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
it is a professional league of course money is involved

no money or/and fan interest then no league

fan interest is the life blood for any professional sport

my point is that the goal is not simply be to get more money but to increase fan interest
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« Reply #437 on: November 04, 2021, 11:20:41 AM »
the goal is a single goal

because fan interest = money

if not for money there would be no league, regardless of fan interest
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« Reply #438 on: November 04, 2021, 11:57:55 AM »
the goal is a single goal

because fan interest = money

if not for money there would be no league, regardless of fan interest
a league can generate more money and not increase fans so they are not interchangeable 
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« Reply #439 on: November 04, 2021, 12:13:23 PM »
foolhardy stubborn know-it-all Texans
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« Reply #440 on: November 04, 2021, 12:13:55 PM »
Hard to generate any money or fan interest when you've locked your players out.

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« Reply #441 on: November 04, 2021, 12:14:46 PM »
I'd say there is a one to one correlation between fan interest and money/revenue for a sports team.  Maybe there is an exception somewhere.

If they could  generate more revenue with no fans they would.  If they could have more fan interest and less revenue they wouldn't.

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« Reply #442 on: November 04, 2021, 12:16:02 PM »
foolhardy stubborn know-it-all Texans
idiot farmers
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« Reply #443 on: November 04, 2021, 12:17:32 PM »
that's dirt farmer to you!
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« Reply #444 on: November 04, 2021, 12:18:31 PM »
I'd say there is a one to one correlation between fan interest and money/revenue for a sports team.  Maybe there is an exception somewhere.

If they could  generate more revenue with no fans they would.  If they could have more fan interest and less revenue they wouldn't.
ballparks increase prices all the time with no fan increase

tv contracts have no direct fan 1 on 1 correlation 
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« Reply #445 on: November 04, 2021, 12:19:09 PM »
that's dirt farmer to you!
well thats Mr Texan to you
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« Reply #446 on: November 04, 2021, 12:21:19 PM »
ballparks increase prices all the time with no fan increase

tv contracts have no direct fan 1 on 1 correlation
Fan INTEREST, not just fans in seats.

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« Reply #447 on: November 04, 2021, 12:24:04 PM »
well thats Mr Texan to you
well, MR. Texan
As you know, I just stir the pot and let you argue with Cincydawg

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