The Twins, Bud Selig and contraction...the story I heard

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  • LHayes37
    Banned
    • Jul 2002
    • 1311

    #1

    The Twins, Bud Selig and contraction...the story I heard

    From what I heard on ESPN about two weeks ago, is the owner of the Twins was all for the team getting contracted, because he wanted out. The man is one of the top 100 richest in America and he doesn't want anything to do with the team. Did any of you notice that he wasn't fighting contraction? It kills me how everybody is saying, "Screw Bud Selig." When they should be placing some of the blame on the owner.
  • cookusu
    MVP
    • Jul 2002
    • 1685

    #2
    Re: The Twins, Bud Selig and contraction...the story I heard

    I think most Twins fans or people who have followed the story know the owner is the main culprit.

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    • HealyMonster
      Titans Era has begun.
      • Aug 2002
      • 5992

      #3
      Re: The Twins, Bud Selig and contraction...the story I heard

      Does anyone know what the story is with the EXPOS and DRAYS are they still gonna be gone next year, i doubt if the twins make the series they will be contracted but who knows i thought the METS still had a chance in August lol

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      • cookusu
        MVP
        • Jul 2002
        • 1685

        #4
        Re: The Twins, Bud Selig and contraction...the story I heard

        With the new labor agreement the league agreed that there would be no contraction, I think for at least 2 years maybe 3.

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        • Will
          MVP
          • Jul 2002
          • 717

          #5
          Re: The Twins, Bud Selig and contraction...the story I heard

          Oh, rest assured, we in Minnesota hate Carl Pohlad more than we hate even Bud Selig.

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          • Liquidrage
            MVP
            • Aug 2002
            • 1198

            #6
            Re: The Twins, Bud Selig and contraction...the story I heard

            You're potentially going to see a lot of sports contract teams in the next 5 years.

            Hockey has about 8 teams too many. They put teams in very small markets when the sport was struggling. Hockey payrolls are as high as footballs and it makes much less money and is in some very small markets (Vancouver, Columbus, Carolina, etc).
            It isn't so much fan support, much like the Twins isn't fan support. It is local TV money. Smaller markets can fill the seats in most cases. But the TV stations just don't reach as many viewers and therefor cannot pay as much money.

            Baseball needs to loose a few teams. Hockey a few. Even basketball, which despite thoughts to the contrary has very poor TV ratings.

            It's TV money that lets sports pay huge salaries and since all but football has local contracts that vary only football can really be competitive with small market teams. And yet the NFL doesn't even do this. Because putting multi-million dollar payrolls in small markets is bad business. You could add another sports team in every major sport to NYC and it would still thrive. But you can't even put 1 in Tallahassee (except football) and have it stand on it's own without help from the other clubs.

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