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Originally Posted by slic1149
Next time one argues that the players are not the attraction and the game is, I would be curious to know how much money one would pay to attend a game between Herb's Body Shop and Bill's Savings and Loan?
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If Herb's Body Shop and Bill's Savings and Loan somehow had all of the best players in the world, people still wouldn't watch them because they don't have the advertising power and infrastructure of MLB and no-one has heard of their players.
Baseball players become stars because they're on TV and playing in front of fans. Give those two teams the same exposure as an MLB team. along with some backstory about why their game is meaningful and I guarantee you someone would watch. Millions of people just watched those two Youtube lunkheads (forget their names) have a boxing match after all. Drawing fans is more about marketing than talent.