The current model is not sustainable for the small market teams, and it’s also not sustainable for the fans. I always watch the Twins because I’m a huge baseball fan, but if I was an average baseball fan, I’d probably have already stopped watching the team. The fan base of the bottom 15 teams will keep getting smaller and smaller until they have to contract. Surprisingly, I actually agree with the owners this time, that they need a salary floor and a salary cap. The players don’t want salary cap, but that would actually spread out the spending between more of the players and not just give a huge contract to one player. I also agree with the players that they should get a larger percentage split of the league revenue. Then a future were MLB packages, national and local television rights in a deal together to get more revenue sharing.
1. salary floor
2. salary cap
3. Players get a higher percentage of the league revenue.
4. More revenue sharing through national and local television TV rights.
As much as I hate to say it, the owners need to make more money too. I’ve always been for the players making as much money as they can, but as the owners of the Minnesota Twins have shown, if they don’t make any money, they sabotage the team and their fans.
