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RJM posted:
Is baseball getting too boring for today’s tv viewer? TV contracts is where the big money is. Consider Boston/New England is a very strong baseball market. Last weekend’s regular season football game between the Patriots and Vikings had higher viewer numbers than every Red Sox playoff game except game five (clincher) of the World Series. The football game drew bigger numbers than every Red Sox - Yankees playoff game.

I think the "money" in baseball broadcasting is that you have 162 games versus the 16 for football. Ratings lower? Maybe. But, you get 162 broadcasts of advertising revenue versus 16 broadcasts. Think of it this way: Would you rather get $50 sixteen times, or, $10 one hundred and sixty two times?

12/11/187:20 AM

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