I have no problems with players making a lot of money. If the teams are generating a lot of money then invariably the players are going to make a lot of money.
My problem with the last strike is that it was over the distribution of TV contracts, and nothing was really resolved - except that the gap between poor teams and rich teams was widened further. I seriously wish the Royals or the Twins or another poor team would boycott all of their games against the Yankees until the Yankees agreed to divide their broadcast revenue 50/50 with whomever they're playing.
Baseball is still profitable, but only for a small percentage of the teams. If something isn't done to redistribute broadcasting money more fairly, the contraction of the Twins and Expos will be the tip of the iceberg.
Jason
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"I pretty much popped everything cold turkey. We were doing steroids they wouldn't give to horses."
-- Tom House
"I was very fortunate to have a pitching coach by the name of Tom House...Tom, I really miss those days that we spent in the weight room and out on the field working together."
-- Nolan Ryan's HoF Induction Speech
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