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The only organizations better at hiding profits than sports teams from Unions/Govt are movie companies from people with points -- nm

Posted by Beaker (aka Anniebecca) Apr 20 '10, 08:38

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According to Forbes, only 1 team in all MLB ran at an operating loss. You probably won't gues which team. (link) - musubi Apr 20, 08:43 11
- And looky there; the Marlins have the largest operating profit in the game - Will Hunting Apr 20, 08:46 4
  - I'd suggest putting him into trash bags and dropping in the Gulf Stream. -- nm - Dexter Apr 20, 08:56 1
    - Probably a bad sign someone posts a "dump the body" post and the first 3 responses most charitable thing is he's a farce - Will Hunting Apr 20, 08:58
  - Loria is a farce. He's lucky he's got a good/creative GM that keeps them competitive on a shoestring. (nm) - musubi Apr 20, 08:50
  - Word to your IM. -- nm - Krusty Apr 20, 08:48
- Makes a lot of sense given the economy, payroll and owner style. - Will Hunting Apr 20, 08:45 3
  - Also, they're also on the final years of a bunch of backloaded contracts (not to mention a couple albatross contracts). - musubi Apr 20, 08:49 2
    - Yeah, he seemed to know 140m isn't sustainable for them but he didn't care in the short-term if he could brighten Detroit's day last year/this. - Will Hunting Apr 20, 08:52 1
      - Yeah, I assume they write it off as basically a loss leader for him. (nm) - musubi Apr 20, 08:55
- I see two teams (one just under $0 and one way under), but yeah. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 20, 08:44 1
  - Whoops, yeah, your right, I missed one other team, because it was so close to even that I didn't see it. (nm) - musubi Apr 20, 08:46
I don't buy that TV has anything to do with declining attendance at Jays games - Reagen Apr 20, 08:42 7
- it was the same when cable starting becoming popular and lots of NFL games became available. Attendance at Argos game plummetted. Belive me, people .. - zork Apr 20, 08:47
- It's just Toronto. They are a band wagon city (outside of the Leafs and a core Raptor/Jays/Argos audience) and will begin returning when the buzz.... - Name Withheld By Request Apr 20, 08:44 2
  - the Argos attendance seems to have almost nothing to do with their win-loss record. -- nm - zork Apr 20, 08:55
  - This sounds correct to me. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 08:48
- Yeah, that's what makes archaic local blackout rules so infuriating. (nm) - musubi Apr 20, 08:44 1
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- I agree, baseball is relatively cheap in TO compared to the Raptors (speaking of troubled teams) and Leafs -- nm - Beaker Apr 20, 08:44
We're dying here! How are we supposed to feed our families?! -- nm - New Line after LOTR Apr 20, 08:39 1
- *ding* -- nm - Beaker Apr 20, 08:41

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