Reply to "MLB Trying To Take A Piece Of The Pie Away From Perfect Game?"

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K9 posted:
My initial reaction is that MLB see's a nice revenue stream that is currently going to PG and others and they want in. But from a pure financial perspective wouldn't the showcase business be very low margin compared to the rest of MLB's businesses? Maybe their program will target multi-sport athletes and try to dazzle them with some baseball glitz to lure them away from college football?

According to Passan's Twitter, MLB is paying for everything, room, board, and transportation.

If MLB was means testing this, and/or starting with a younger age group, I MIGHT believe that part of their motive was helping underprivileged kids. But, they're not. Which means the vast majority of the kids that are given this opportunity will be the same kids that have been through the Perfect Game circuit. MLB doesn't give a rat's behind about the youth game.

11/13/183:06 PM

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