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> Which significantly raises the bar on entering the baseball team market. I disagree. Baseball is a legally enforced monopoly in the united states. (http://ww
by arcanus 10y ago
> Which significantly raises the bar on entering the baseball team market.
I disagree. Baseball is a legally enforced monopoly in the united states. (http://www.swcollege.com/bef/policy_debates/baseball.html http://www.swcollege.com/bef/policy_debates/baseball.html) If not protected by antitrust laws, all major sports would arguably be prone to disruption and price undercutting.
The SF megacorps are not similarly protected. These salaries are market based pricing.
- eli_gottlieb 10y ago>The SF megacorps are not similarly protected. These salaries are market based pricing. Well, kind of. They actually collude with each-other to suppress salaries.
- walshemj 10y agoDoesn't seem to happen in soccer the premiership pay bill is immense.
- lordnacho 10y agoThat's effectively a cartel as well. You can't just set up a team and join the EPL.
- walshemj 10y agoBut you can go from a lower division to the premiership its not a closed shop with no penalty for failure in the way the American football teams are. For example Leicester's run from third tier to the championship 09 - 16
- lordnacho 10y agoSure, it's a bit different from the US sports. But you still cannot just set up a business and compete. You'd either start at the bottom of the football pyramid, meaning a multiyear barrier to entry, or you buy a club, which is paying an incumbent for their seat.