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In response to "This is a first: The Tampa Bay Rays have received MLB's permission to explore becoming two-city team: the Tampa Bay area and Montreal area -- (link)" by decline

WHAT?! -- nm

Posted by Mop (aka rburriel) Jun 20 '19, 10:58

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let's split the team between 2 cites that baseball failed in! -- nm* - groiny Jun 20, 11:03 19
- Montreal had fan support but it's impossible to overstate how bad Olympic Stadium was. -- nm - Reagen Jun 20, 11:05 18
  - (and Loria fuuuuuuucked the team) -- nm - Reagen Jun 20, 11:08 17
    - then they should go back to Montreal and hopefully get a new park. - groiny Jun 20, 11:09 16
      - I mean, probably. - Reagen Jun 20, 11:10 15
        
        right, that is what makes this even worse, you could have 2 cities in the vicinity, that would make alot of sense. -- nm - groiny Jun 20, 11:19 14
        
        Toronto currently has a rugby team. They play in a BRITISH league. All the other teams are in the UK. - Andie Jun 20, 11:21 13
        
        that is a little different than sharing the team between 2 cities 20 hours apart. -- nm - groiny Jun 20, 11:21 12
        
        But does that really matter? I'm sure both cities would have all the games televised. They'd still be able to go to games when they want. In this - pmb Jun 20, 11:27 2
        
        so you have 2 stadiums to keep up for 1/4 max attendance all the time. - groiny Jun 20, 11:29 1
        
        There are definitely challenges, but your starting assumption of 1/4 max attendance presumes a result that may not be justified. - pmb Jun 20, 11:33
        
        I mean, what currency would players even get *paid*in!?! -- nm - Spawn Jun 20, 11:23 1
        
        Quebec Francs. -- nm - Shaun Jun 20, 11:27
        
        oh, it is, and i don't know if the sharing thing would work, but i can see a way that it might. -- nm - Andie Jun 20, 11:22 6
        
        and how would the players get paid? half their check taxed by Canada, the other half taxed by Florida? -- nm - groiny Jun 20, 11:23 5
        
        Probably, yes. As it is athletes have to pay taxes in all the states they play in on some basis. So it wouldn't be that much more difficult. -- (link) - pmb Jun 20, 11:37
        
        ::high five:: -- nm - Spawn Jun 20, 11:25 2
        
        150 dollars. -- nm - groiny Jun 20, 11:26 1
        
        (worth it) -- nm - Spawn Jun 20, 11:36
        
        i assume the legal entity would exist in the country with the best tax laws for rich people. (aka, the US.) -- nm - Andie Jun 20, 11:24

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