Hat Boy Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 During a pandemic and global economic downturn, they are not going to find 30 companies with extra cash who want to give it to MLB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1908_Cubs Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 1 minute ago, Hat Boy said: During a pandemic and global economic downturn, they are not going to find 30 companies with extra cash who want to give it to MLB. 100%. During a pandemic, when many are pining for sports on TV and sales are down, 30 companies will see this as a great advertising tool to get people to buy their stuff. Just like companies will lineup to buy TV ad space during those games, teams will sign up to slap their logo next to a Yankees logo on the pinstripes (or almost any other franchise) to increase sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScubaSteve Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 All sports owners are greedy, but the MLB is a specific kind of greedy, man. Baseball money is imaginary money. They are essentially just trying to get richer off a bad situation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfessorBigShots Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 I don't hate it. Obviously I would prefer the jerseys not to have ads, but if an ad patch is what it takes to get a 2020 season I will tolerate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krz Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 13 hours ago, Old School Fool said: The MLB has become one of the worst run leagues in America. No wonder ratings are going down and popularity is decreasing, everything has been a joke lately. They can't figure out when to play and turn it into some CBA crap, Owners want ads, the Commissioner called the World Series Trophy a piece of metal, the Astros Scandal, etc. The way Kyrie was talking about a “player run” separate league could actually work in the MLB. Excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordBigMad Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 One step closer to the four major American professional sports leagues being outfitted like NASCAR drivers and MLS players. Is nothing sacred? When and where does the greed end? These leagues are making money hand over fist. And now they need uniform advertisements too? The greed will just keep perpetuating until like I said above, MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL players are dressed like they belong in NASCAR or MLS. If any league should be sacred here, it should be MLB. The oldest and most tradition-based sport in the USA is selling it's soul even further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 4 hours ago, ScubaSteve said: All sports owners are greedy, but the MLB is a specific kind of greedy, man. Baseball money is imaginary money. They are essentially just trying to get richer off a bad situation It's become the absolute worst aspects of capitalism. Colluding to suppress wages, maximizing all revenue opportunities to the point of absurdity, and a willingness to devalue the product for long-term gains. I hate it. Baseball is a caricature of a caricature. 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1908_Cubs Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 1 hour ago, ProfessorBigShots said: I don't hate it. Obviously I would prefer the jerseys not to have ads, but if an ad patch is what it takes to get a 2020 season I will tolerate it. Once they're on there, they're never going away. Owners are not going to take in X amount of money extra in 2020 and then say "You know what, I've got enough money" and then stop putting them on there. They're probably coming either way, as the MLB owners seem to be the worst of the worst when it comes to hoarding their money (despite idiots like DeWitt and Ricketts trying to say they don't, or aren't profitable). A small 2020 ad patch to "offset" losses will almost 100% result in a permanent fixture upon MLB uniforms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachperroAZ Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 I wouldn't mind it as long as they don't go overboard like in the Mexican Pacific League where they have ads on the stomach, ankle, under arm pit, back of name plate, lower back etc. Just don't pollute the uniform! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlins93 Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 "Never waste a good crisis" This is one of the many reasons why I prefer they just cancel the season and be done with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sky1324 Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 The only way I'd be good with this is if it means that every player is paid their full salary with the money and that it only lasts for 2020 and 2021. Of course, neither of those things would happen, so the best we can hope for is it's restricted to sleeves like the Tokyo and London Series. the user formerly known as cdclt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC in Da House w/o a Doubt Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 I'm just glad I was able to see the Nats win a title before they completely ruin the sport, because they seem destined for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynasty Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 7 minutes ago, DC in Da House w/o a Doubt said: I'm just glad I was able to see the Nats win a title before they completely ruin the sport, because they seem destined for that At least Nats fans can say their team is the defending champs for an extra year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guest23 Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 2 hours ago, DG_ThenNowForever said: It's become the absolute worst aspects of capitalism. Colluding to suppress wages, maximizing all revenue opportunities to the point of absurdity, and a willingness to devalue the product for long-term gains. I hate it. Baseball is a caricature of a caricature. This is late-stage capitalism in a nutshell. Pro sports franchises in the US are some of the last businesses to be infected by the disease of extracting profit from every single asset on the balance sheet. Franchises have typically been owned by the very wealthy but for almost a century they were viewed as trophies and membership in an elite club used to show off. When you apply the same set of financial metrics that investment bankers use for industrial sectors to sports this is what you get. Combine this mindset with heavily leveraged purchases (McCourt et al) the franchises are now forced into a profit motive above all else just to satisfy their creditors. A good comparison is the financialization of the casino/gaming industry, it went from being a cash cow; internally financed and privately held independent businesses to a couple of highly leveraged, publicly traded conglomerates that now charge for every single service that used to be comped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tBBP Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 This is also the kind of stuff that happens when you go handing out $320-something million dollar contracts to certain players...whoopsie-daisie. *Disclaimer: I am not an authoritative expert on stuff...I just do a lot of reading and research and keep in close connect with a bunch of people who are authoritative experts on stuff. || dribbble || Behance || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliforniaGlowin Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 4 hours ago, ProfessorBigShots said: I don't hate it. Obviously I would prefer the jerseys not to have ads, but if an ad patch is what it takes to get a 2020 season I will tolerate it. Yup. Last updated 2/26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fjm Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 I would sooner have 2020 and 2021 be cancelled than see ads on uniforms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VikWings Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 Looks like Authentic jerseys are gonna be $500 soon when you account for the extra $3 it costs to add ad patches to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 4 hours ago, guest23 said: This is late-stage capitalism in a nutshell. Pro sports franchises in the US are some of the last businesses to be infected by the disease of extracting profit from every single asset on the balance sheet. Franchises have typically been owned by the very wealthy but for almost a century they were viewed as trophies and membership in an elite club used to show off. When you apply the same set of financial metrics that investment bankers use for industrial sectors to sports this is what you get. Combine this mindset with heavily leveraged purchases (McCourt et al) the franchises are now forced into a profit motive above all else just to satisfy their creditors. A good comparison is the financialization of the casino/gaming industry, it went from being a cash cow; internally financed and privately held independent businesses to a couple of highly leveraged, publicly traded conglomerates that now charge for every single service that used to be comped. Don't forget the rent-seeking! A big part of the business model now is to make cable systems carry your team-owned RSN whether subscribers watch a single minute of it. Just people giving teams money while getting nothing in return. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olmec Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 I'll never understand billionaire logic... (Guess that's why I'm not a billionaire) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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