(07-31-2020 03:56 PM)Seahawk Nation 08 Wrote:  

(07-31-2020 02:03 PM)CG_Hawk06 Wrote:  

(07-31-2020 01:26 PM)Seahawk Nation 08 Wrote:  

(07-31-2020 12:27 PM)Seahawkhoops Wrote:  Survival of the fittest. Bush league to me is someone doing things intentionally that are out of whack. This is anything but, they are dealing with the hand they are being dealt.

OK. Wrong term then. Whatever term fits for "money grab at all costs" sounds about right to me.

I see your point, but how is it a "money grab at all costs". It seems like, overall, the teams are probably losing money overall since they're having to pay the athletes and outside of a television contract what money are they actually making here? The stadiums are off limits. There's no concession sales that they typically make a killing off of.

Regardless how you feel about the issue, or even the season being played... I'm not sure there's a decent argument that the owners are making profit here. I may be wrong, but it seems unlikely.

If that were all true, they'd have cancelled the season outright to avoid paying the players their large salaries. The shortened season loses them a LOT less money than if the season isn't played at all, especially because of the 2020 postseason. The 2020 TV money is what they're trying to get, rather than lose out on it entirely.

This Forbes article states as much. They're going to lose money, but not nearly as much if they can have an MLB postseason:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian...fc530c98f7

Quote:The potential combination of an expanded playoff format along with expanded digital rights from BAM should permit MLB to retain about 80% to 85% of its 2020 national television revenues.

Gotcha. From a business sense though (I was not a business major), wouldn't that make sense? I wonder if they were stuck in a no-win situation. If they had all agreed, "Cut our losses, don't have a season and don't pay the players." What kind of lawsuit would that have generated from the players union?

I mean, if I'm a business owner of any type during this I'm going to TRY to make some kind of money or at a very minimum ensure every effort to minimize loss. That's just common sense, IMO. I'm not sure that's something to create a negative attribute of? Who knows, maybe I'm just old school like that. End of the day, the MLB and any other similar organization is still a business. We the fans have more emotional connection to it, but it's a business in every sense of the word. Even Patrick Mahomes is a partial owner now. That guy has more cash flow than any of us could dream of, but he's building a future for himself beyond football by getting into other sports business. Is he "money grabbing" or just being smart with his money/investments?