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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch
The current deal is up in December. Both sides claim they’re already working on a new deal. But again: it’s all moot w/o knowing the resolution to COVID.
MLB said 2019 revenue was 39% local gate and other in-park sources, followed by 25% central revenue, 22% local media, 11% sponsorship and 4% other.
No fans = 39% of lost revenue for the industry. There’s just no way to get a LT deal with this overhang. Last year with no fans the players took something like 85% of all revenue even with prorated salaries by one estimate.
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That math doesn’t add up to me.
The players took prorated salaries. In a normal year their take of revenue is estimated to be at around 45-50 percent.
I don’t believe anything MLB owners say about their books.
Here’s a good Fangraphs article that breaks it down:
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/what-the...osses-in-2020/