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Major league baseball is a franchise, which has rules that are enforceable to ensure a level playing field for all members. It’s not the same as drum Corps, where the organization is a trade organization entirely funded at the will I of the members.  

The rules of DCI are such that there will be almost no change in the relative placements of the members from year to year. 

Competitiveness is obviously important, but it is very much a product of the rules or lack there of that member organizations have agreed to. In other words, the top six or almost certain to be the top six for the next 2 to 3 years. It’s all a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Competition is obviously at the heart of the tour itself. Without that, it would not be as compelling. That said, the competition would exist whether there are seven or 17 or 37 members. Ticket draw would correspond to the quality of what is put on the field, not just that there is a competition.

More people will come to a major league baseball game then a AAA game, AA game, single-A, or rookie league. It’s the same rules of competition, but the quality of the product is entirely different.

If you doubt that the quality of the product itself matters, then you are old enough to remember when the NFL tried to play games with replacement players. That didn’t last very long.

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1 hour ago, cixelsyd said:

So the same team is a draw when winning, but is not a draw when losing?  Their market value is predicated on their current competitive standing.  Shocking!

And yet you strenuously object to the idea that corps with winning track records have more market value than those who aren't competitive. 😎

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8 minutes ago, Slingerland said:

And yet you strenuously object to the idea that corps with winning track records have more market value than those who aren't competitive. 😎

I'd bet that, when cixelsyd replies, we'll find that he doesn't disagree with the relative value of different franchises, but he does disagree that the "Top Corps" can exist in a competitive activity without the "Not Top Corps".

I'd guess because, well, birds of a feather and all...

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2 hours ago, cixelsyd said:

So the same team is a draw when winning, but is not a draw when losing?  Their market value is predicated on their current competitive standing.  Shocking!

With MLB, attendance isn't such a big deal. They make a lot more from television rights.

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31 minutes ago, cybersnyder said:

With MLB, attendance isn't such a big deal. They make a lot more from television rights.

Same with the NFL.

That's one of the reasons the "black out" rule kind of went away.

Same thing,full revenue sharing it what allows small market teams,like the Packers to be competitive.

 

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5 minutes ago, rpbobcat said:

Same with the NFL.

That's one of the reasons the "black out" rule kind of went away.

Same thing,full revenue sharing it what allows small market teams,like the Packers to be competitive.

 

Redskins dropped their stadium seating capacity to avoid blackouts.

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1 hour ago, cixelsyd said:

Track records are past competitive standing, not current.  :doh:

Well, tell ya what, when presto chango the 9th through 18th place corps next year are opening the year kicking tail and taking names from the existing top 6 or 7 corps, your framing will have some credence.

Until then, those of us here on planet Earth know that the top six corps mid point through next season will likely be most or all of the current top six.

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