The Cardinals recently opted out of their local-broadcast contract after a missed payment, and this leads to a discussion of the future of media rights and how that future might help St. Louis
It looks like that MLB Wii eventually go to the NFL model. The old regional model that worked so well for the Cardinals in the past, is terminally ill. I loved the old FS Midwest. Great days. But its done. I'm sure the Dewitts will miss it too.
Blackouts need to go away forever. Beyond ridiculous in the first place.
Centralizing local broadcast revenues should help even out the field in terms of revenue streams.
Sure, the Cubs, Mets, Dodgers, Yankees etc. can bitch and moan about it but if they want to continue to compete on the field against small market teams, they’re going to have to share more of the revenue.
As much distain as I have for the way the NFL operates, every team makes a lot of money and every team has a chance to compete for championships. Doesn’t work that way in Major league baseball for the most part.
I would love for the Cardinals to get active in the free agent market, but I can understand their apprehension when they have so much uncertainty regarding a large portion of their incoming revenue for this season and next season. At the same time, invest in the product, improve the product, you’ll see more butts in the seats.
Manfred has a unique opportunity to make a monumental change in the operation of Major league baseball. I hope he stops dinking around with the rules, and focuses on the big picture and avoid a work stoppage
I think a lot of the NFL's seeming parity is a function of a 17-game regular season and a one-game playoff format. I'm open to the idea that MLB needs to flatten revenues at the top of the league, but I don't want to see that achieved by salary cap.
Good post. Thanks! It will be interesting to see what develops. I lean toward the Cardinals moving their broadcasts under the MLB umbrella, but want them to strike the deal that is best for them. I also lean toward MLB centralizing the broadcast package once the local contracts expire, but agree the “big boys” will need to be persuaded or cajoled into compliance for the good of the business of Major League Baseball.
It looks like that MLB Wii eventually go to the NFL model. The old regional model that worked so well for the Cardinals in the past, is terminally ill. I loved the old FS Midwest. Great days. But its done. I'm sure the Dewitts will miss it too.
Blackouts need to go away forever. Beyond ridiculous in the first place.
Centralizing local broadcast revenues should help even out the field in terms of revenue streams.
Sure, the Cubs, Mets, Dodgers, Yankees etc. can bitch and moan about it but if they want to continue to compete on the field against small market teams, they’re going to have to share more of the revenue.
As much distain as I have for the way the NFL operates, every team makes a lot of money and every team has a chance to compete for championships. Doesn’t work that way in Major league baseball for the most part.
I would love for the Cardinals to get active in the free agent market, but I can understand their apprehension when they have so much uncertainty regarding a large portion of their incoming revenue for this season and next season. At the same time, invest in the product, improve the product, you’ll see more butts in the seats.
Manfred has a unique opportunity to make a monumental change in the operation of Major league baseball. I hope he stops dinking around with the rules, and focuses on the big picture and avoid a work stoppage
I think a lot of the NFL's seeming parity is a function of a 17-game regular season and a one-game playoff format. I'm open to the idea that MLB needs to flatten revenues at the top of the league, but I don't want to see that achieved by salary cap.
As an out of state fan, I definitely am in favor of eliminating the MLB.TV blackouts that I see on Cards games against the southeast teams.
Good post. Thanks! It will be interesting to see what develops. I lean toward the Cardinals moving their broadcasts under the MLB umbrella, but want them to strike the deal that is best for them. I also lean toward MLB centralizing the broadcast package once the local contracts expire, but agree the “big boys” will need to be persuaded or cajoled into compliance for the good of the business of Major League Baseball.