Commercials and advertising. - MLB version....

 Lets talk about this.... Major league baseball Commercials and advertising. 

in 2024 MLB made $12.4 billion dollars up from about $10 billion in 2023....  

Per the CBA = every team is required to contribute 48% of their revenue from  "baseball-related income," including ticket sales (gate receipts), local television agreements (RSNs), ballpark concessions, parking, stadium advertising, and luxury suite rentals.

• That total is then diveded equally and given back to each team - all recive the same .,  High-earning, large-market franchises (like the New York Yankees or Los Angeles Dodgers) pay significantly more into the pot than they get back, while low-revenue, small-market franchises (like the Miami Marlins or Kansas City Royals) receive a net financial windfall
• . For context, the high-earning Los Angeles Dodgers contribute an estimated $430 million annually to the pool, while a small-market team like the Miami Marlins contributes around $72 million.

Here's the rant - if you have been to a major league stadium recently - you can see that every Square inch that could be sold to a sponsor  - is SOLD to a Sponsor.. 

here is Yankee Stadium - the entire outfield - except for the batters eye - the Outfield wall ,, the space inbetween decks 1 , 2 & 3,  the DELTA sign is as big or bigger than the Yankees sign .... but are we done there - oh hell no,,,, the back stop = and with the help of Modern graphics that can change (virtually)  on your TV screen without it physically changing....   and are we done - no sir-ee....   WE now have virtual graphics on the pitcher's mound, the Foul territories,   and patches on the uniforms of one sponsor or another - and yup they are spart enough to have those patches on the correct sleeve so that it faces the pitcher- and of course the TV camera. and then on the Batting helmets  - STRAUSS - a german manufacturing / Clothing company pays MLB $12 - $15 million for that logo on all the batting helmets....    Are done - not yet.........

Then we have the TV commercials between innings.... and OMG - the one that I despise the most - now = when there is a Conference on the mound - or even between battters they do a GD split screen to show even more and more and more commercials....  I blame NASCAR for this .... it is the first place that I saw it and they have the chutzpah to make it seem like perk that you get to see the race while they show you more and more and more commercials.... 

and add on to all this that you need subscriptions to a half dozen different networks to see every game your team plays,,   including - Amazon prime,  Disney/Hulu , etc etc...   how long before the playoffs  and world series are a Pay per view event - and years from now - when they wondeer Why they have no fans left - well we can tell then ENOUGH IS ENOUGH with all the ADVERTISEMENTS