PABaseball posted:I wonder if this would work with independent teams. Assuming they could get some big time financial backing and decide they want to sign the top high schoolers and college guys to 4 year contracts for a pretty penny. The way it is currently structured would not work but if they went to investors and said we want the top guys we need ______, could get the ball rolling.
Currently Indy ball is a poor investment mostly due to having to pay player salaries and inability to promote seeing the stars of tomorrow. Big salaries would be a poor investment on future returns. Every team would have to have several future potential MLBers for it to possibly work.
The model for making money owning minor league teams is finding undervalued single A, full season teams. They cost the least to purchase for full season teams. They become undervalued due to poor marketing, poor radio coverage and poor community relationships.
Several years ago I read an prospectus for investing in a group purchasing undervalued minor league franchises. It was very interesting.