Well, arguments have been made on both sides. But what we do know is that, financially, Major League Baseball would be fine. Eliminating 50% of all major league players would cause team payrolls to drop by 50% — but demand for tickets would only drop by about 30%. At least in the short term, Major League Baseball would actually be more profitable.
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6/2/2020 01:43:06 am
(Note that other factors affect team revenue — including everything from fan income to the team's history of success. But even after these are factored in, this relationship between population and revenue holds.)
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Charles Jackson
6/2/2020 05:06:02 pm
Thanos would clearly become the new GM of the Yankees.
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Mike Stuker
6/2/2020 06:13:07 pm
This seems like the Marlin's operating model.
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Kerry
6/2/2020 06:20:25 pm
Let's take a slightly different slant to half the world disappearing. And let's not try to remember how annoying this version of Peter Parker is upon his return....
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Charles Jackson
6/2/2020 07:00:49 pm
This is my point above. Revenue is no longer valid. It's going to have to be regional, right? If half the U.S. population is gone then people are going to move/migrate to where jobs/supplies are plentiful. You probably can't support two teams in Chicago or LA or NY initially. You may have to have a west coast league or an east coast league because half the pilots have been vaporized so there will be flight issues.It's all about logistics in the post Thanos world.
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FYI here's where I got the 2019 revenue numbers:
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