July 18, 201610 yr Talk about trimming the season games from 162 to 154 MLB Could Reduce Schedule Length - MLB Trade Rumors
July 18, 201610 yr Maybe TV money can make up for lost revenue. 8 games doesn't really make much of an impact on anything. Not sure what the real gain is other than finishing the season in October vs November.
July 18, 201610 yr Maybe TV money can make up for lost revenue. 8 games doesn't really make much of an impact on anything. Not sure what the real gain is other than finishing the season in October vs November. That would be a huge gain IMO.
July 18, 201610 yr For the fans...Nobody likes to watch baseball in November I get that but do you think MLB will actually benefit? Are there fans NOT watching today that would watch if the games ended a week earlier?
July 18, 201610 yr Finishing the season a week early does nothing. If you are going to do it, then it needs to be 15-20 games IMO.
July 18, 201610 yr I get that but do you think MLB will actually benefit? Are there fans NOT watching today that would watch if the games ended a week earlier? There's got to be a benefit for MLB; otherwise, why would they do it?!
July 18, 201610 yr Maybe TV money can make up for lost revenue. 8 games doesn't really make much of an impact on anything. Not sure what the real gain is other than finishing the season in October vs November. I think starting the season a little later would be better than moving up the end date. That first week or two is always a crapshoot for weather, which typically has an impact on performance.
July 18, 201610 yr No sense in 162 games. I think 140-150 is plenty Agree. Also agree with HT. 8 games changes nothing and not worth the trouble.
July 18, 201610 yr I think 100 games is plenty. However the sticking point will be that if they start shortening the season is that these companies in the TV deals will want to pay less money since they are no longer playing the length of the season when the contract was negotiated. That's where things will fall through because these teams will have to give some of the money back which they don't want to do.
July 18, 201610 yr There's got to be a benefit for MLB; otherwise, why would they do it?! A. They haven't yet. B. I haven't read details but it seems like it's a proposal FROM the players' union which doesn't mean any owner is interested. C. If there's not some sort of financial concession to the owners it will fail unless the players are willing to strike over it which I can't imagine they would be.
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