Socnorb11 wrote: ↑December 21 24, 8:31 pm
phins wrote: ↑December 21 24, 7:38 pm
Socnorb11 wrote: ↑December 19 24, 7:48 pm
They're business people though, all of them.
There's a reason why the Cubs are in Chicago IL, and not Winnebago, IL. There's a reason why the Cardinals are in St.Louis, MO, and not Moberly, MO.
Cities matter.
I don't deny that. But until all of us get past the pocket watching of billionaires, we will remain as we are.
Eat the rich, though.
Oh, for sure
We're addicted though. Although, I think it will reach a tipping point where there's either some sort of cap, or owners just decide to bow out altogether. I'm not sure how you beat the owners at this game. I feel like we (and the players) need it more than the owners do. For most of the owners, it's just a side gig, unfortunately.
In my experience it's the barriers of entry that keep the ones with power, in power. Of course the haves want to keep it so they have the power.
Baseball owners have the power and there's not a gosh darn thing we can do about it. You roll the dice and hope yours runs it like a side gig that's fun, rather than running it like the collateral of other side gigs like ours does.
BPV, And the accompanying investors that came with it, have leveraged our owner to the point he runs the Cardinals like a corporation, and the only shareholders are the investors.
When a company is looking to maximize shareholder wealth, there is almost no scenario where short term low probability outcomes (WS rings) will be given the priority. Once you get to a deadline with flush profit margins, they might push for that season because playoff revenues are outrageous profit margins, and that bump might have scenarios DeWitt would spend, but most likely once he locks in a return for his investors that year, he's pocketing that profit instead.
