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John1956PA

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2. I do not care for Bill Mahar, but he made this observation twenty years ago.

Reply to reggieandlee (Original post)

Sun Feb 9, 2025, 11:45 AM

Feb 9

He did a piece on his show "Politically Incorrect." He used the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Pittsburgh Pirates as examples. The Pittsburgh market is relatively small compared to some other markets. At the time, the Pirates were on a decades-long decline and the Steelers were a high caliber franchise. Mahar said that the NFL takes the broadcast revenue from all of the teams and throws it into "one big Commie pot" and disburses it evenly among all of the franchises. On the other hand, MLB allows each team to retain its broadcast revenue. Over the years, I have thought of that that biting description of the disparity between the business models of the NFL and MLB.

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BTRTN: Hey, MAGA, Enjoy Today's Woke and Progressive Social Engineering Project. It's Called the Super Bowl. [View all] reggieandlee Feb 9 OP

Well said Coolgoober Feb 9 #1

I do not care for Bill Mahar, but he made this observation twenty years ago. John1956PA Feb 9 #2