Comments for Last Week in Bizball: MLB Teams are Media Companies. at http://bizofbaseball.com , comment 1 to 1 out of 1 comments http://bizofbaseball.com Sat, 25 May 2013 15:23:13 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://bizofbaseball.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5591:last-week-in-bizball-mlb-teams-are-media-companies&catid=67:pete-toms&Itemid=155#comment-3932 I enjoyed this article. I thought that the observation that baseball teams have turned into media companies is spot on, and well supported by the body of the article. The conclusion is a bit problematic, however. In my opinion the most severe flaw in the argument that the conclusion is making is that there's a presupposition that money purchases wins. Anyone who has followed sports for any significant amount of time knows that, as much as money helps, teams cannot buy championships (it's probably more accurate to say that not having money hurts, instead of saying that having money helps). The conclusion also ignores the fact that the people involved in team's operations are certainly still completely invested in the success of the teams that they work for. I can't imagine any general manager saying something along the lines of "it doesn't matter that we loose, we still have that gazillion dollar TV contract". GM's, managers, and coaches (even scouts and trainers, to say nothing of the players) are somewhat concerned with budgets, but their interest is focused on "success on the field", not the corporate bottom line. I'm also a firm believer (and convert, actually) in the idea that the relative differences in revenue are more important than the raw revenue values. - Nolan White Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:01:15 +0100