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Crazysilver03 Hangout Grand Counsel

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I think MLB players need to become free agents quicker. The fact that teams control these guys until after their primes is a big problem.

So will you also ban team friendly extensions? That is hurting the free agent pool more than the extra year of service time.

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Per Forbes, the Orioles had $245 mm in revenue last year, $60 mm of which was ticket sales. http://www.forbes.com/teams/baltimore-orioles/ Plainly, gate receipts are not as important as they used to be, but still, 25% of revenue is not an afterthought.

I've sometimes wondered if a sports league could come up with a revenue model that made ticket sales irrelevant, and they could play without a crowd, or even a stadium.

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I've sometimes wondered if a sports league could come up with a revenue model that made ticket sales irrelevant, and they could play without a crowd, or even a stadium.

I guess this counts as a stadium and a crowd.

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To me, both sides are wrong, both are greedy and want more than their fare share, and bottom line, the fans in the end, get the shaft.

TV money, just allows the owners to sign big names and not worrying about taking care of the ticket holders, who used to be the primary reason the bills were paid with.

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Some folks think Chess is a sport.

If Chess is then hard to make an argument against poker.

Just because it's a game, make it a sport.

Those that want to call Poker and Chess a sport, are off their rocking chair.

With that said, I did find this:

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      2. [*]Chess is a recognized sport of the International Olympic Committee and international chess competition is sanctioned by the World Chess Federation (FIDE), which adopted the now-standard Staunton chess set in 1924 for use in all official games.

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So will you also ban team friendly extensions? That is hurting the free agent pool more than the extra year of service time.

Players sign these contracts for the most part because they are so far away from free agency. If they hit arbitration in year 2 and free agency in year 4, "team friendly" extensions would be far less tempting, for example.

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Chess is a sport like Styrofoam is a flavor.
an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.
: a contest or game in which people do certain physical activities according to a specific set of rules and compete against each other

: sports in general

: a physical activity (such as hunting, fishing, running, swimming, etc.) that is done for enjoyment

Of course some leave the and out. And make it an or.

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