Comments on: MLB revenues for 2012: $7.5 billion. And rising.

By: gloccamorra

gloccamorra — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:32:14 +0000

It’s not the cable bills that will go up, it’ll be the expansion of pay-per-view to key series, and a real danger to baseball if low income fans can’t watch their team regularly.

By: rcali

rcali — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:59:13 +0000

ESPEEEN says baseball is dead…or at least their talking radio heads say that.

By: hankg42

hankg42 — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:31:43 +0000

Really… how long can we continue to have our cable / satellite TV bills rise to pay for all of these big TV deals? We all pay for it in the end.

By: nolanwiffle

nolanwiffle — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:21:36 +0000

…hot molten magma will flow from the HDM1 portal and set your shag carpet aflame.

By: teamobijuan

teamobijuan — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:47:13 +0000

Also, $1.5B in 1995 is $2.28B in 2012.

By: tcostant

tcostant — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:42:37 +0000

If the Nationals don’t get $100M/year from they MASN deal something is wrong. The dispute over their fee in cyrrently in MLB’s lap waiting for a vertict. MLB tied to push MASN to sell to Fox to reslolve the dispute but the O’s owner said no. MAKE HIM PAY – GIVE THE NATIONALS REAL MARKET VALUE!!!

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:53:09 +0000

I had the same thought: what if the TV bubble bursts?

By: qcubed3

qcubed3 — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:33:40 +0000

Using 1995 is a bit disingenuous as that was the first year after the ’94 work stoppage, but the overall point is well taken.

By: stex52

stex52 — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:19:17 +0000

Just the same concern about a bubble building in these cable deals. One wonders what happens when the companies can’t make these 100 MM$+ payments to the teams. But that obviously hasn’t happened yet.

By: ireportyoudecide

ireportyoudecide — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:16:12 +0000

Baseball is not dying, but you can’t deny that among the 14-29 year old age group it is slipping in popularity amongst pro sports. That’s not the end of the world, the NBA is #3 right now and still makes a lot of money, but 20 years from baseball will probably be #3. It’s not like it’s on the verge of becoming hockey anytime soon.

By: Alex K

Alex K — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:46:58 +0000

Get the money, dolla dolla bills, ya’ll

By: indaburg

indaburg — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:54:49 +0000

$7.5 billion. If baseball is dying, I’d like to die a little too.

By: mojosmagic

mojosmagic — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:33:23 +0000

And you wonder why there is no crying in baseball.

By: El Bravo

El Bravo — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:32:42 +0000

C.R.E.A.M.