@Consultant posted:Hokie;
Maybe you can provide the "parents" a day in the life of a Summer Team GM. What is the cost to arrange housing, games, coaching for each player? This expense is paid by income from the "customer".
The ticket paying customer for the games contributes to the summer income of the ushers, grounds crew, food concessions, program ads & sales, office staff and Coaches.
A shorter season will reduce this INCOME.
Summer baseball is a business. "Enjoy the opportunity"!
Stanford conducted a research - $1 expended at the ballpark rotates 20 times thru the Community.
Bob
If the quality of the product is declining, it is only a matter of time until the paying fans start to decline as well. Less income any way you slice it. Successful businesses are always shifting and changing how they do things in order to keep revenue and profit at the highest levels that are sustainable. Finding a way to keep teams whole throughout the playoffs, whether shortening the season or changing the commitment of a player, would be a top priority. More kids are waking up to the fact that they won't be an MLB player. Seems like more are looking at the "opportunity" as an obligation.