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[FreezingDrizzle]

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Not crazy about expanding the playoffs. Check out the proposals on the table.

[satellite_eyes]

Wow i really thought it would come along with a shorter reg season sched (153 games). Guess not. I know they don't want to lose dates because of the revenue but the season is too long.

[vascudave]

so we could possibly have baseball end in mid november?

[icehater]

satellite_eyes, on Nov 19 2010, 08:06 AM, said:

Wow I really thought it would come along with a shorter reg season sched (153 games). Guess not. I know they don't want to lose dates because of the revenue but the season is too long.

Selig's quote almost makes me laugh:

Nobody ever could have dreamed we'd have 16 years of labor peace," Selig said. "In American labor history as I someday will say if I ever get around to writing my book, it probably was as a bad a relationship as ever existed."

When you give the players everything they want and then some you're buying peace. The resuts are the haves (100-200mln payrolls) and have nots (25-70mln payrolls) and a middle road in between. And with it you'll have teams on the brink of bankruptcy or simply cutting spending to a minimum and making major annuity earnings year after year with cheap payrolls. As for MLB making so much money it's the majority rule. 80% of the money is made by 20% of the teams, or maybe it's 65-35 but you get the idea.