I saw your point, Eric, and realized the 49- was just a number. My point is that I don't think I'd pay much to watch a game on TV, I would draw the line at a low number (if any).

 

MLB is absurd with its structure and I ditched it long ago, not having been to a game since 2003 and having no intention of ever going nor of watching it on TV. I have been to several minor league and college games in that time and enjoyed them.

 

Only a few teams can compete for titles in MLB. The Yankees this year are buying their way back into it and the Red Sox are right there with them. Where does this leave the great fans of Pittsburgh, KC, etc. every year? As soon as their good players mature, they hit FA are immediately signed for their prime years by a big market team. I have no interest in that anymore (I also hate the DH but now I don't care what they do to their game to further ruin it).

 

The cap in the NFL which levels the playing field is what makes the NFL appealing to watch. I also thought that the Rookie Pay Scale was a needed move- $71 million guaranteed to the likes of Matthew Stafford? It's a franchise killer if the player fails (Stafford has played pretty well, maybe not 71 mill well,  but for every one of him, there's a Jamarcus Russell).

 

When the more or less level playing field is gone, then so am I.

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