re mlb nba rvesterm vma cc nd edu writes in article mssc qrrz h netcom com mss netcom com mark singer says in article rvesterm vma cc nd edu rvesterm vma cc nd edu writes so you want to decrease players salaries so you want to increase owners salaries the two are equivalent bob vesterman only if you insist that the ticket prices cannot be adjusted downward or the taxes for the revenues to build the ballparks or the parking charges or the concession costs etc why would owners decrease ticket prices when they obviously get lots of people to pay the price they re asking even assuming that you have some strange power to make the owners decrease ticket prices that does not decrease the tv contract bob vesterman so what will happen when the tv contract runs out considering networks have been losing money on it either ticket prices will go up or someones salary will be cut or perhaps the local community or merchindise could make up the difference baseball is probably facing a dramatic drop in income very soon and someone will suffer probably the fans from higher ticket prices but definitely someone
